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Description: | The buckle is dated to the Medieval period. Egan and Pritchard illustrate similar examples (Nos. 306-310) which date from c. 1230 to c. 1400. This buckle, with its strap plate, probably has a similar date. It is made from cast copper alloy.
The buckle frame is an oval shape with a pronounced lipped notch for the pin. The strap bar is off-set, but it is not visible to confirm whether it is narrowed or not. The strap plate is a rectangular sheet of copper alloy, which has been folded over the strap bar. In the centre of the fold a notch has been cut to allow for the pin. The edges of both the upper plate and especially the lower plate is heavily abraded, therefore the fixings to the strap are not remaining. The pin is a length of oval section copper alloy wire which is curled around the strap bar.
The surface of the frame is a mid blue/green colour, the underside has a slight shiny patina. The strap plates have a patchy mid blue/green coloured patina. The length of the buckle and plate is 30.3mm long and 20.7mm wide. It weighs 3.83g. | 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: | 1230
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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