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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy oval framed buckle with ornate outside edge and attached incomplete sheet copper alloy buckle plate, dating to the Medieval period, between AD 1300 - 1450 (overall length: 33.5mm; width at buckle: 29.5mm; thickness at offset buckle bar: 4.5mm; weight: 6.9g).The buckle is oval-shaped in plan and D-shaped in section. The artefact has ornate decoration along the outside edge (length of decoration: 22.5mm) comprising of a triangular protruding knob and single ridge at either end. This outer decoration also flanks a series of approximately seven slightly irregular incisions to either side of a notch for the pin, which is now mostly missing. The bar is offset and narrowed at the opposing side from the decoration with the buckle plate still attached.The incomplete buckle plate (length of plate: 18mm; width: 22mm; thickness: 3mm) appears to have originally been square or rectangular in plan (there is an uneven break at the end of the plate) and is flat in side section. The plate is curved around the offset and narrowed buckle bar and folds back on itself. The plate is recessed for the buckle frame as well as having an additional slightly off-centre recess to accommodate the fragment of cast copper alloy pin that still remains circling around the bar. There appears to be decoration on the front of the plate comprising of six irregular and crude incised lines (some slanted; some straight) in between a single incised linear border at the top and bottom. The back of the plate is undecorated. Overall, the buckle and plate are in a slightly worn and fair condition with a dark green patina.Similar buckles and plates are illustrated in Egan, G & Pritchard, F, 2002, 'Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: 3: Dress Accessories c. 1150 - c. 1450', pages 72-77, figs 44 & 46, particularly ref no 299. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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