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Description: | Cast copper alloy Buckle with sheet copper alloy buckle plate Length 42mm, width 16mm, thickness 6mm, weight 5.15g. Buckle, length 15mm, width 16mm, thickness 6mm. Rectangular frame, the side arms of the frame have a rectangular cross section (1.5mm wide, 3mm tall). The forward edge is expanded (6.5mm wide, 4mm tall), with three central grooves that would have acted as the pin rest, this is flanked by a grove at either end that marks the extent of the side arms. Dark green patina. There is iron corrosion in the centre of the strap bar which would be the remains of the pin rest.
Buckle plate, length 29mm, width 13mm, thickness >1mm. The strap plate consists of a folded sheet of copper alloy with a single rivet hole at the terminal. There is a rectangular slot cut in the centre of the folded end to take the pin. The sides of the plate at the folded end taper inwards slightly in order for the plate to fit the buckle. Dark green patina.
Medieval 1300-1500 | 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
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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