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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy double-ended buckle of Medieval, late thirteenth to fourteenth century date (c. AD 1250 - c. AD 1400). Length: 53.2mm; width: 17.4mm and 10.0mm thick. Weight: 9.21g.The buckle is symmetrical in plan and has a sub-oval loop at each end, joined by a rectangular integral plate. One of the loops has a pin-rest at the outside edge and the opposite loop rise upwards at an angle of about 30 degrees from the horixontal. The plate is flat at the front and slightly concave at the rear and measures 21.8mm in length and 9.8mm in width. At the centre of the plate is a copper alloy rivet, circular in cross-section, with a diameter of about 3.3mm and a length of 10.0mm. The rivet protrudes either side of the plate. At each end of the plate, along the longitudinal centre-line, and close to the loop, there is a circular perforation to accommodate a pin. The diameter of each perforation is 2.6mm.This object is severely corroded and a patina has not survived. Traces of gilding are visible on the front of the plate only.Egan 1991, 'Dress Accessories'. 109-110, comments on these types buckles with two loops and an integral plate between: 'These distinctive late 13th to 14th century buckles must have had a specialised function, which has so far not been identified. The rivets were presumably for attachment to a strap on the reverse. Only one loop was furnished with a pin; the other was either capable of sliding, or it served to hold a strap down but not immobile.'......
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