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Description: | The buckle is cast copper alloy. In plan it is rectangular, with a triangular-sectioned strap bar bisecting the frame. One long edge of a loop is missing, these breaks are not recent. The upper and side faces are decorated with blocks of transverse grooves at each corner, terminals of the strap bar and at the mid point of the loop. Between the blocks of transverse grooves file marks are visible on the upper and side faces. The vertical edge of the remaining loop also has three blocks of transverse grooves as decoration. In profile the buckle is a wide ?V? shape with the strap bar forming the apex. The pin is missing. The frame has a mid green/grey patina. The buckle measures 38.74mm long between the strap bar terminals and 25.66mm wide across the two loops. It weighs 12.9g.
The buckle appears to be quite substantial but, Egan and Pritchard (Egan and Pritchard 2002 Dress Accessories Boydell Press) illustrate a similarly sized and styled buckle frame (No. 443) and consider it not to be as robust as it appears. The London example is dated to late 13th to mid 14th century, which is likely to apply to the recorded example. | 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: | 1270
1350 | 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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