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Description: | The object is a D-shaped buckle with integral plate dating to the medieval or mid 13th to 16th century. It is made of cast copper alloy and is incomplete.
In plan the loop is sub-D-shaped with a lipped outer edge, which is bent outwards slightly. In section the buckle is flat. The length of the loop from side edge to side edge is 21.2mm and the width (from the lipped edge to the point where the strap bar and integral plate meet) is approximately 21.4mm. In cross-section the loop is sub-oval and approximately 1.9mm thick. The buckle is undecorated and the pin is missing.
The integral plate is sub-rectangular in plan and flat in section. The plate is incomplete. The plate is 10.9mm long, 14.9mm wide and 1.4mm thick. In the centre of the plate are two rivet holes located adjacent to one another. The rivet hole nearest the loop is the larger of the two and is 4.6mm in diameter the other rivet hole is 2.4mm in diameter. According to Egan the plate and the rivet holes provide a way of attaching the frame to the strap (Egan, G and Pritchard, F. 1991 Medieval Finds From Excavations in London: 3. Dress Accessories c.1150 ? c.1450, HMSO, London; p.55).
The object is heavily abraded with no trace of a patina and is light green in colour. It is 32.3mm long in total, 21.2mm at its widest point and weighs 6.27g.
As an example Whitehead (Whitehead, R. 1996. Buckles. Greenlight Publishing: Chelmsford p.31; no. 186) illustrates and oval framed buckle with a notched lip. Unlike the illustration however, recorded example is incomplete. | 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
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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