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Description: | This small buckle of post-mediaeval date, probably from a shoe, is characteristically of double-symmetrical form. It is 35mm long and 24 wide (across the widest point of each of the halves). It is essentially of 'bow-tie' or flattened figure-of-eight form with spread and flattened fore-edges at either end of the frame, and scooped, scalloped long sides indented towards the centre. The central bar, ehich was of iron, is mostly lost. The thickness is about 3mm overall, so this is a solid casting, and the modelling of the in-curving scalloped sides is very distinct. Althopugh of a standard post-mediaeval shape and size, this copper alloy example is unusual because it has detailed silver applied ornament all over the surface. This consists principally of small dots of silver. On each broad end of the frame there are fice widely-spaced dots on the upper surface, each apparently within a circular surrounding stamp or depression, and, closer to the inner edge of the frame, a row of 15 silver dots following the inner outline and contour.A single bar of silver marks the central axis of the frame above and below where the pin-bar should be attached. There was also a single silver dot within each of the scooped surfaces either side of these lines or bars. The whole effect was very ornamental, and t5his is a variant of this type which this recorder has not previously seen.
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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