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Description: | Composite copper alloy buckle with rectangular plate, pin missing, incomplete frame. The rectangular plate is decorated with engraved zig-zags along the sides, obliquely, and in the centres of the designs. Two rivets at the terminal. Forked spacer between the rectangular plates. Near-identical example in 'Dress Accessories', Museum of London Medieval Catalogues, fig 49, number 330.
This type of buckle seems to have been a widespread type in the mid 14th and early 15th century. The rarity of comparable examples on the continent indicates that they may be a specifically English form. (See 'Dress Accessories', Museum of London Medieval Catalogue p 80-82 for a full description and history of this type). The present composite form with the cast forked spacer seems to represent the most labour intensive products as well as the best quality available among mass-produced buckles in the middle and late 14th century. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1350
1410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Adam Daubney | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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