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Description: | A copper-alloy buckle of medieval date. Examples of this form of buckle have been found in excavations in London and it is proposed that the function of the arm may have been to hold a purse or knife (G. Egan and F. Pritchard; 1991; pp. 98). Whitehead suggests a date for this type of mid 14th to mid 15th century (1996; pp. 88).
The frame is trapeziodal in plan and has sides of rectangular section. The vertical outer edge is wider and flat and has four incised horizontal grooves at the centre. At the opposite end, the axis bar is also wider and thinner than the other horizontal sides of the frame, but slightly narrower than the outer edge. On each of the two horizontal sides of the buckle, one third of the way from the axis bar end, is a projecting lug. A vertical arm is secured by holes in these lugs and has a tongue-shaped right-angled projection at its centre, the end of which rests on the wide outer side of the frame. The surfaces of the buckle have a black coating.
The object measures 23.7mm long, 18.9mm wide and 4.6mm thick. The weight is 4.44g. | 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: | 1350
1450 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Julian Watters | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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