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Description: | Cast copper alloy post-medieval composite double looped buckle. The buckle frame is double looped with a slightly domed section. At either end of the pin bar, there are two transverse grooves on the loop. There is a tiny triangular groove to the inner edge of one side of the buckle frame, which acts as the pin rest. The buckle plate is formed from a lozenge shaped sheet of metal, set with a pin slot that is folded over the pin bar, making it triangular in plan. The reverse plate is damaged and the tip is missing. There are three slight knops to the upper portion of plate, one to either side and at the apex, which are pierced with the rivet holes. Copper alloy rivets survive at the apex and to one side, the opposite rivet being missing. The pin survives and is formed from a simple curled piece of metal, flat in section with broad, sharp point.
The buckle loop is decorated to either side with double, slightly chevroned lines of inset blue enamel. The front of the buckle plate is decorated with the same blue enamel with an outlined heart shape at the apex, with a foliate design above. The reverse of both buckle and plate are plain. To the front of the buckle loop and plate are patches of silvering or tinning. The reverse does not survive so well and the original surface of the copper alloy is abraded. It is now a patchwork of brown, green and yellow.
The buckle frame is 24.42mm in diameter and 1.78mm thick. The pin is 12mm long. The buckle plate is 26.38mm long, 17.3mm wide, narrowing to 5.68mm and is 2.5mm thick. The object weighs 8.41g. Similar buckle frames (without plates) can be seen in Margeson, 1993, Norwich Households, figure 16. | 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: | 1500
1800 | 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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