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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy oval framed buckle with attached plate (length: 57.5mm; width at buckle frame: 24mm; thickness 8mm; weight: 26.47g), dating from the 11th-13th centuries AD.The outside edge of the oval framed buckle protrudes outwards at both sides with a marked groove/ indentation underneath one end of this protrusion. There is a notch in the centre of this protrusion, indicating where the probable copper alloy pin (now missing) would have originally rested. There is no other decoration on the buckle frame although to note that it is a very thick and robust example. The plate is recessed from the frame and folded round the offset and narrowed bar, with a slot in the centre for the pin to have originally been held. On the underside of the plate, there is a corroded circular hole (diameter: 6mm), which may have originally held a rivet. There is no decoration on the buckle plate although there are small areas of gilding on the upper surface. The artefact is in a worn and corroded condition with a patchy and pitted green/ brown patina.A similar example is illustrated in Egan, G & Pritchard, F, 2002, 'Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: 3: Dress Accessories c. 1150 - c. 1450', pages 76-7, fig 46, ref no 316, which is also described as 'a notably robust buckle for its size; the plate was presumably cast and then folded'.
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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