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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle frame with a separate sheet copper alloy hinged plate. Medieval (c. AD 1350 - c. AD 1400). Overall length 42.8mm, maximum width 22.0mm and maximum thickness 6.2mm. Weight 10.68g.The buckle frame is sub-square in plan. It has a length of about 20.1mm and a maximum width of 22.0mm. The enlarged outside edge is robust and sub-circular in cross-section. It has a width of 22.0mm and a thickness of 5.5mm. Close to each end of the outside edge there is an incised groove at the front and rear although it does not extend all the way around. At the centre of the front face of the outside edge there is a large pin-rest flanked on either side by an incised groove. One side of the frame is incomplete due to an old break and the opposite side is in a fragile condition due to a transverse fracture about mid-way along its length. The bar has a length of 14.3mm and is circular in cross-section with a diameter of 1.8mm. The copper alloy pin is made of copper alloy wire. It has an overall length of 18.1mm and is circular in cross-section with a maximum diameter of 1.0mm. The tip of the pin is pointed and the loop fully encloses the bar.The sheet copper alloy hinged plate would probably have been rectangular in plan when it was complete. However, both plates on one side and both plates at the open (attachment) end are incomplete and ragged due to old breaks. The hinged plate is recessed to accommodate the frame and has a rectangular slot for the pin. Along the longitudinal centre-line, on the same alignment as the pin-slot, are two circular rivet holes (the rivets are missing). One hole is at the centre of the plate and has a diameter of 2.1mm and the other hole, situated further towards the attachment end, has a diameter of 2.3mm. The front plate is largely covered with numerous and roughly parallel scratch marks. It is unclear whether these marks are intended as decoration or whether they are a form of accidental damage. The back plate is plain.The frame and the hinged plate are both in poor condition. The frame is corroded but has a shiny mid to dark green patina The patina on the back plate is similar to that on the front plate. However, the back plate is pitted due to corrosion. There is no evidence that the plate was decorated or had a tinned coating.This buckle frame and plate is of similar size and shape to one recovered from archaeological excavations at Billingsgate, London (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 97, fig. 61, ref. 439) which has been dated c. 1350 - c. 1400. The London example, however, is decorated on the front of the hinged plate.
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