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Description: | Medieval cast copper alloy single loop buckle with integral decorative plate, 13th/14th century; incomplete. Most of the frame is broken off; the hole to take the pin is filled with corrosion products; transverse collar at the junction with the plate; rivet hole behind the collar, then the plate narrows until it expands again at another transverse collar and lobed pointed terminal with single rivet hole containing the corroded remains of the iron rivet. Length 53.54mm, width across (broken) frame 15.8mm, width across terminal 10.1mm, minimum width (across plate) 5.5mm, thickness across junction of frame & plate 3.3mm, minimum thickness (across plate) 1.7mm, thickness across rivet 5.1mm, weight 6.72g.These buckles are sometimes referred to as spur buckles, but they would have been used on various things including spurs, horse equipment and personal dress. See Whitehead 1996 ("Buckles 1250-1800", Greenlight, Chelmsford) p34 no.s 195-199 for similar buckles, dated 1250-1400.
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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