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Description: | A cast copper-alloy square frame from a medieval buckle. The frame has a narrowed bar by which the frame would have been attached (to a plate or strap) and around which the pin would have been secured. The widest portion of the frame is opposite the bar, where there is a median notch for the pin on the front, between parallel grooves at either side. There is a further parallel groove towards the top and bottom of the front of this portion of the frame. The upper and lower edges of the frame are curved (convex) in plan, with ribs towards the junctions with the other portions of the frame. The outside edge is bevelled on both the front and the reverse of the frame. There are heavy filing marks visible on the reverse, particularly on the widest portion of the frame. The buckle has a well developed green patina. The frame is 16.2mm long, 16.2mm wide and 3.2mm thick. These are maximum dimensions. It has a mass of 2.0g. The buckle frame is similar to object 437 in "Dress Accessories 1150-1450" (Egan, 2002, figure 61 and p96). Object 437 has a plate, but it is unclear if the frame described in this record originally had one. The frame is type C in the typological scheme published by Griffiths et al. (2007) in "Meols, the Archaeology of the North Wirrall Coast" (Fig 2.5.1). Object 439 in "Dress Accessories1150-1450" (Egan, 2002, ibid.) was found in a ceramic phase 11 context in London, which is dated to c.1350-c.1400. This is the likely date range for the buckle recorded here.
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