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Description: | Medieval cast copper-alloy buckle, consisting of two round loops with an integral plate in between the loops, late 13th to 14th century. First loop, on the left side of the photograph, would have been furnished with a pin (now missing) and has a lip and notch for the pin on the far outer edge of the loop. The integral plate between the two loops contains three rivet holes in a horizontal line down the centre of the plate. The pin would presumably have been fixed to the circular hole nearest to the first loop and the remaining two rivet holes were probably for attachment to a strap on the reverse. One rivet has survived but is now separate from the plate. The other loop was either probably capable of sliding or it served to hold a strap down. These distinctive buckles must have had a specialised function, but this has so far not been identified. Patches of the original surface have survived and are now brown in colour but the remaining surfaces show a light green patina. Tiny patches of gilt are also visible on the front of the buckle. It measures 59.86mm long, 18.38mm wide at the loops and 10.44mm wide at the plate, and weighs 10.44g. Parallels can be found in Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. 1991. Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3: Dress Accessories c. 1150 ? c. 1450, p. 108-110, ref. 488-496. | 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: | 1250
1399 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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