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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy oval framed composite buckle of Medieval date (c. AD 1330 - c. AD 1450). Length 33.5mm, width 22.6mm and 2.6mm thick. Weight 3.49g.The frame and the spacers of this buckle are cast in one piece and the two plates that sandwiched the spacer prongs are missing. The oval frame is 20.8mm in length and has a maximum width of 22.6mm. The upper face of the frame is bevelled around each side from the lip to the junction with the spacers and the rear of the frame is flat. On the outside edge of the frame there is a small pointed knop (lip) at the centre, as mentioned above. There is no trace of a pin-rest at this position. The bar is narrowed and is convex at the front and flat at the rear. The forked spacer onto which the two plates were secured is in the form of two prongs. These are flat on both faces and the sides flare slightly in plan. Close to the frame each spacer is roughly rectangular but then narrows abruptly to form tapering prongs with pointed ends. At the junction with the frame the full width across the spacer is 14.4mm and at the attachment end the width is 15.8mm. On each face of the spacer, close to the frame, there is a small transverse step which the plates would have abutted. The spacer has a U-shaped slot near the frame to accommodate the copper alloy wire pin. This pin, including the loop and the shank, is circular in cross-section and is only 0.8mm in diameter. It seems to be very flimsy in relation to the robust frame and spacer. Consequently, it may not be the original pin. The upper and lower faces of the frame and forked spacer have numerous file marks.The piece is corroded and generally in poor condition although a patchy mid-green patina has survived. Similar composite buckles with forked spacers have been recovered from archaeological excavations in London and have been dated c. AD 1330 - c. AD 1450 (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 78-82, figs. 48 and 49).
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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