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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy composite oval framed buckle of Medieval date (AD 1330 - AD 1450). Length: 36.2mm; width: 22.4mm and 2.3mm thick. Weight: 3.26g.The plates and most of the pin are missing.The oval frame is 18.0mm in length and has a maximum width of 22.4mm. The upper face of the frame is bevelled and the rear of the frame is flat. At the centre of the outside edge of the frame there is a small pointed knop (lip). There is no trace of a pin-rest at this position. The forked spacer on which the plates were soldered is in the form of two prongs. They are flat on both faces. In plan, the outer sides are parallel and have an overall length of 17.0mm and an overall width of 13.1mm. Both prongs are rectangular in plan near the frame but then taper abruptly towards the attachment end. Between the rectangular parts there is an elongated slot to accommodate the pin. A small portion of the copper alloy wire pin survives within the slot. The upper and lower faces of the frame have numerous file marks and on each face of the prongs there is a copper alloy corrosion residue which is the scant remains of both plates. The frame has a dark green patina and the prongs are mainly covered with copper alloy corrosion deposits.Similar composite buckles with forked spacers have been recovered from archaeological excavations in London and have been dated c. AD 1330 - c. AD 1450 (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 78-82, figs. 48 and 49).
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