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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy buckle frame with a separate fragmentary hinged sheet plate. Probably Medieval (AD 1300 - AD 1500). Length 34mm, width 19mm and thickness of the frame 3.3mm. Weight 5.41g.The frame is oval in plan, convex at the front and mainly concave at the rear. It has a central integral bar around which the fragmentary sheet copper alloy plate is hinged. The outer edge, where the pin tip rests, has an elongated and decorated knop which appears to be zoomorphic in style. It has transverse grooves and the terminal has other smaller grooves which might represent the head of an animal, perhaps a bird. At the opposite end of the frame, on the other outer edge, is the remains of another knop which has an old break. Both knops are flat on the underside. The pin is made of thick flat copper alloy and the loop fully encloses the bar. The tip of the pin is broken. The sheet plate is slotted to accommodate the pin and the edges of the sheet are straight and are not recessed. Penetrating the front and the back-plate, just to the rear of the pin loop, is a small rivet which is also made of copper alloy. The pin, bar and sheet are corroded and fused together. Much of the surfaces have a shiny mid-brown patina.
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