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Description: | a medieval copper alloy buckle frame and plate. The frame is a single oval with ornate outer edge. It is 24.26mm in length and 38.76mm wide. The attached buckle plate is 30.95mm in length by 26.19mm wide. Together they weigh 10.92g. The frame is oval with an offset and narrowed bar, and the outer edge is widened at the centre into an oval projection with a small knop on either side. There are signs of wear along the surface which forms the pin rest, and also traces of gilding.The pin is bent round the off-set bar, and tapers to a point where it rests on the outer edge of the frame. The plate is of sheet metal folded round the bar and is recessed, with a square-shaped slot for the pin. There are two rivets in situ at the top and bottom of the plate, which is icomplete on the reverse, broken off immediately beyond the rivets. The front of the plate widens into a semi-circular terminal with a single central rivet hole. | 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: | 1300
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Jane Carr | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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