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Description: | A copper-alloy single-looped medieval buckle consisting of an incomplete cast frame and sheet plate. The pin bar on the frame is offset and narrowed. The pin, of thick bent wire construction, survives looped in place but is now truncated. Only around one third of the rest of the frame survives. The extant side is bevelled both internally and externally on its upper surface; the latter more steeply. The lower surface is flat.The plate is broadly rectangular, with the lower fold slightly narrower and more trapezoidal (L.: 40.45mm, W.: 15.9mm). The plate's folded end is recessed to accommodate the frame and has a pin slot in its centre. There is some slight damage at the point where the plate was in contact with the frame. Just below, and either side of, the pin slot are two holes that both contain rivets and sub-lozengiform roves. Two further holes towards the attachment end would have functioned in a same way; both feature rivets, but only one has its rove. This latter corner has also been damaged and the perforation has abraded through. A fifth rivet and rove can be found centrally in the transverse plane, slightly closer to the attachment end than the frame end. The upper surface of the upper half is decorated with an incised longitudinal border on both sides with some traces of rockerwork. The plate and frame have corroded to a variable mid-dark green colour. Strap fabric has been retained within the entire area of the folded plate. In London similar buckles have been found in contexts dating mainly from the 14th century AD.
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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