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Description: | A complete copper-alloy buckle frame with attached pin and open work plate in very good condition. It measures 35mm in total length. The frame is roughly rectangular in shape measuring 24mm by 13mm in size the sides flare outwards towards the expanded outer edge which has circular knops projecting from its corners. The bar of the frame is offset and narrowed and the pin attached to it via an open loop. The pin is copper-alloy and measures 15mm in length and 4mm in width it tapers to a point and has a transverse moulding where the loop joins the shaft. The folded sheet copper-alloy buckle plate is also complete. It is rectangular in shape, measuring 17mm in length and 18.5mm in width. It is recessed to accomodate the frame and has a rectangular pin slot. There is one in situ copper-alloy rivet and one opposing rivet hole at the attchment end of the plate. The front face of the frame is decorated with an open work design depicting a protruding lion passant with its tail raised high and its head looking back along its back. Surrounding the lion there are small circular open work holes. On the front face of this buckle traces of gilding can be seen.
A similar buckle plate (the frame was missing) has been found in London, again depicting a lion passant. It is medieval and c13th-14th century in date (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 111-112, fig 72, no 500). | 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: | 1250
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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