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Description: | Medieval cast copper alloy single loop buckle frame with integral plate. The frame is D shaped with a straight or slightly concave outer edge from which the sides curve in to meet at a point where they join the plate; it is 15.5mm wide and 15.7mm long. At the point the frame meets the plate is a pin hole 2.7mm in diameter which shows some signs of wear, the pin is missing. The strap plate is D shaped in profile with a flat back and convex front, it is 29.9mm long. From the junction with the frame it widens into a circular section, 6.4mm in diameter, the centre of which is pierced by a seperate rivet which has been flatterned level with the front. From this section it then runs in a straight bar 4.7mm wide for 12.0mm, then there is a collar below which it curves out to 6.1mm wide then inwards to form a rounded point at the tip. At the wide point below the collar is another central piercing holding a seperate rivet, although this one has been bent to one side and projects from the front. The entire piece measures a maximum of 43.2mm x 15.5mm and 1.9mm thick and weighs 2.69gms. Whitehead (2003) illustrates several comparative buckles, e.g. page 33 No. 190 and page 34 No.195 but these have oval frames. In the same range however are examples with more unusually shaped frames e.g. page 34 No.193 and thus this example fits within this set, The are generally dated from the 13th - 14th centurys, were attached to leather straps and mostly used as spur buckles (Egan and Pritchard 1991:106-9).
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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