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Description: | Large oval buckle-frame of copper alloy with ornamental foliate engraving on the upper surface. This object is fabricated from a piece of plate metal 2mm thick. It is 61mm long and 32mm wide, and the pin-bar is 4mm broad. The fore-edge, which is flat, has a central filed channel for the tongue, which must have been at least 32mm long. Either side of this channel are engraved wavy lines suggesting foliage. A punch has also been used to emphasize the ornament, notably a single punch either side of the aforementioned channel, an area of intensive punching at either end, and a group of three strikes at either end of the frame opening. It is possible that this engraved ornament was already part of the sheet metal before it was decided to fabricate the buckle-frame from it, and has been incorporated deliberately. It might, however, have been added when the buckle was made. This is not easy to determine. Medieval or post medieval in date.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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