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Description: | A medieval cast copper-alloy ornate oval buckle. The buckle is sub-oval in plan, with a narrowed offset bar. It has a lip in the centre of the outer edge, with a notch for the pin, and two knops at either side. The copper-alloy pin, which has a sub-circular cross-section, curves to form a loop at one terminal, with the pointed tip at the other end. The shaft of the pin is curved, with the tip pointing towards the front of the frame. The frame is 15.9mm long, 13.7mm wide (excluding the pin) and, at the notch for the pin, 3.6 mm thick. The pin is 15.0m long with a diameter of 1.8mm. These are maximum dimensions. It has a mass of 1.7g. The buckle has a well developed green patina and is in very. In: "Dress Accessories 1150-1450", Egan (2002, p72) notes that many ornate oval buckles may have originally been attached to plates. The frame recorded here is most similar to type 9 in the typological scheme published by Griffiths et al. (2007) in "Meols, the Archaeology of the North Wirrall Coast" (Fig 2.5.1). Table 11 in: "Dress Accessories 1150-1450" dates the type to around 1150 to 1400 in London, which is the likely date range for the buckle recorded here.
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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