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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy single looped buckle of medieval date (1250-1400). The frame of the buckle is incomplete; it is irregular in plan and sub-rectangular in cross section. The buckle frame is broken; the off-set strap bar and pin are missing. The frame itself is relatively narrow, and expands at the centre to form a sub-triangular swollen pin rest. The frame measures 45.8mm length, 29.4mm wide, is 3.4mm thick and weighs 6.55 grams.
The upper edge of the buckle frame is decorated wit a series of cast designs. These consist of a series of ribs on the bar, which are connected together by floral curvi-linear incised lines. The pin rest area is also decorated with a series of diagonal cast ribs which radiate from the central pin rest. The reverse of the buckle frame is undecorated. It seems probable that both the front and reverse of the buckle were tinned or had an applied silver surface; this has decayed to a dark grey black colour. Where this surface has been lost through abrasion a mid green coloured patina has developed. The broken edges present on the frame have been worn and therefore suggest a relatively old damage. Similar examples to this buckle can be seen in Ross Whitehead's book 'Buckles 1250 - 1800', pages 24-25, ref: 106-109. Whitehead suggests that these buckles date from the 13th and 14th centuries. | 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
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Peter Reavill | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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