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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy gilded single looped sub-triangular buckle (possible spur buckle?) with a narrowed and offset strap bar, dating to the Medieval period, between AD 1200 - 1400 (length: 24.5mm; width: 28.5mm; thickness at knops: 7.5mm; weight: 4.0g).This buckle (which is bent in the centre) is sub-triangular in plan and mostly D-shaped in section. The front of the buckle is decorated with a large protruding cast copper alloy knop (length: 5mm; diameter: 6mm) to the left and right of the frame, which have been attached and hammed into place like rivets. There is a third rivet/ knop hole at the pointed triangular terminal, although the rivet/ knop is now completely missing. Additionally, there are extensive areas of gilding on the front of the buckle frame. The narrowed and offset strap bar is still present, although the pin is now completely missing. The back of the buckle is flat and undecorated. Overall, the artefact is in a worn and poor condition with none of the original patina remaining.A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead, R, 1996, 'Buckles 1250 - 1800', page 24, ref no 110.
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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