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Description: | A copper-alloy medieval buckle. The buckle consists of a plain circular frame, 39.2 mm in diameter, and a cast copper-alloy pin, 41.8 mm in length. There is a slight groove in the frame where the pin rested. The pin has a ridged grip and is grooved through wear against the frame. Both pin and frame suffer with a degree of copper corrosion, the pin to a greater extent. Similar examples to the buckle are illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 58; 32-36). These are dated from 1350-1400 and this example will be of a similar date. Egan and Pritchard identify the difference between plain circular buckles and annular brooches as being the presence of a constriction on the frame to limit movement of the pin (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 65). As this example has no such constriction it is classified as a buckle rather than a brooch.
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