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Description: | Cast copper alloy single looped buckle of medieval date (1250-1400). The frame of the broadly D shaped in plan and sub-rectangular in cross section. The buckle frame is complete at one edge is a recessed and off-set strap bar which has a square shaped cross section. Around this strap bar a small sub rectangular pin is attached by one end being bent around the bar. The bar at this point is notched to stabilise the pin. The pin tapers to form a shallow point. It is decorated by a cast transverse bar at the junction with the strap bar. The frame is regular in plan with the opposite edge to the strap bar being decorated with a number of designs. At the centre of these is a V shaped cast pin rest. The decoration consists of a stepped or deliberately cast edge with a series of horizontal (transverse) grooves. This decoration is only present on the upper and outer edges of the frame; the inner and reverse faces are plain. It seems probable that both the front and reverse of the buckle were tinned or had an applied silver surface; this has decayed to a dark grey green colour. The buckle has a mid green coloured polished patina which has been lost in places by abrasion. Similar examples to this buckle can be seen in Ross Whitehead's book 'Buckles 1250 - 1800', pages 21-22. Whitehead suggests that these buckles date from the 13th and 14th centuries.The frame measures 24.2mm length, 29.4mm wide, is 4.5mm thick. The pin measures 17.7mm length, 1.7mm wide, is 1.5mm thick. The buckle weighs 3.56 grams.
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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