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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy buckle with a separate folded plate of Medieval date (c. AD 1270 - c. AD 1350). Overall length: 27.3mm; maximum width: 13.9mm and 6.8mm thick. Weight: 2.67g.The cast copper alloy buckle frame is incomplete due to two old breaks and the pin is missing.Parts of the sides of the frame survive and these are sub-rectangular in cross-section. The bar is off-set and slightly narrowed. It has a length of 5.1mm and is roughly square in cross-section, measuring 1.3mm x 1.3mm. The separate copper alloy sheet plate is folded lengthways. In plan, the front plate is sub-rectangular and both sides and the attachment (open) end are very slightly concave. The front plate measures 22.6mm x 9.1mm. The back plate is similar in shape although slightly smaller and the concavity is less noticeable. It is unclear whether this is part of the design or whether the edges have been abraded or damaged. The plate is recessed to accommodate the frame and has a sub-circular slot for the pin. The front plate is decorated with a bordered groove which extends close to the longer edges and also close to the attachment end. At each corner of the plate is a substantial copper alloy dome-headed rivet. The head of each rivet has a diameter of about 2.8mm and the shank, circular in cross-section, has a diameter of 1.4mm. On the back plate the rivets are burred over slightly and they do not seem to have possessed roves. The edges of the plate have been heavily filed.The buckle frame, the folded plate and the rivets all have a shiny mid-green patina although there are small patches of corrosion overall. There is no evidence for any organic material between the plates.A similar buckle with a separate plate has been recorded from archaeological excavations at Swan Lane, Upper Thames Street, London and dated c. 1270 - c. 1350 (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 76, fig. 46, ref. 314). However, this London buckle plate has an additional rivet at the centre and its decorated border is sinuous rather than linear.
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