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Description: | A copper-alloy medieval buckle. The buckle is of a type which has a cast integral plate. The buckle frame is sub-rectangular in shape with a notch for the pin. There are also decorative notches either side of this, at the junction of the angles of the frame. The plate has a rectangular hole through which the cast copper-alloy pin still protrudes. The frame bar is slightly narrowed above the pin hole to allow it to swivel. The plate is triangular in shape and tapers to form an attachment loop. It has notched decoration down either side and a two notches shortly before the formation of the loop. The frame and plate retain traces of gilding on the obverse, but none survives on the reverse, if it were originally present. No exact parallel has been found but examples of buckles with integral plates which date from circa 1200 to 1500 are illustrated in Whitehead (1996, 32-35).
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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