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Description: | Medieval buckle; Cast, gilt copper alloy buckle with buckle plate, dated to the 13th or 14th century. The buckle frame is of a single D-shaped loop type, which is expanded at the back and decorated with a curled, possibly foliate, design punched into it. The buckle plate is formed of a single sheet of copper alloy folded over and wrapped around the pin bar in two places. It is held together, and held onto the strap, by two rivets at the back end. One of the rivets is still in place and the other is present but detached. The buckle plate has zoomorphic decoration cast in low relief and then incised to give detail. It seems to be some form of beast, possibly a bird, facing to the right with a wing pointing down behind it and its tail raised. The whole of the front of the buckle plate shows remains of gilding and there are traces of gilt on the buckle frame as well. The pin is missing.Length (frame and plate) 45.2mm, length (plate) 32.3mm, width (plate) 17.0mm, thickness (plate) 4.3mm, width (frame) 22.9mm, thickness (frame) 7.3mm, weight (inc second rivet) 12.85gRefs: Whitehead page 20, buckle no 66Mills, page 14 & 15, buckles no NM.7 and NM.8Egan, 'Dress Accessories' page 113, buckle plate 530 for similar style of decoration.
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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