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Description: | A cast copper-alloy artefact, probably a medieval buckle. Convention suggests that this object be classified as a buckle rather than a brooch due to the absence of decorative features associated with annular brooches as well as the absence of an obvious pin constriction. The buckle is annular in shape and generally consistent in thickness. There is a discernible incision, presumably a pin notch, on both faces, while on one of the faces there appears to be a secondary notch. Although there is no obvious pin constriction there are slight internal notches opposite the pin notch(es). The frame is quite corroded and has a green-brown patina. The pin, which was found separately from the frame and has been reattached by the finder, is also plain. The pin shaft is semi-circular in section and wavy in profile. It is 44.9mm in length, 7.5mm in width at the loop and c. 3.5mm in thickness. It is flatter around the junction between loop and shaft. The loop has been extended by the finder using solder so that it stays on the frame. This is a relatively large example of its genre, a genre difficult to date precisely due to the lack of diagnostic decorative features. Whitehead (1996, 17) offers a wide date range of c. 1250 - c. 1450, however examples found in London illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 57-58) tend to come from late 14th-century contexts. | 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: | 1325
1425 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Robert Webley | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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