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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy medieval buckle. This object represents the forked spacer from a composite medieval buckle. The oval frame is almost entirely missing, except for the part of the frame that was the pin bar, which forms the front edge of the spacer. The spacer is formed from two, flat, pointed prongs extending either side of what was the buckle frame. The object is much abraded and has lost its original surface. It now has a light, whitish green patina where it is suffering from corrosion. A fragment of similarly corroded metal exists between the spacers. This is probably the remains of one of the sheet plates that sandwiched the spacers and formed the buckle plate. Between the remaining section of frame and the sheet fragment is a subsquare hole, presumably where the pin was fixed, though this is now missing. Break edges are worn smooth and similarly patinated, suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The object has a surviving length of 31.32mm, is 14.18mm wide, 2.9mm thick and weighs 3.93g. Buckles of this type date from the mid 14th to early 15th centuries. A selection can be seen in Egan and Pritchard, 1991, Dress Accessories, figure 49. | 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
1425 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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