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Description: | A copper alloy buckle frame of Medieval date. The frame is D-shaped in plan with a flattened back and narrowed, offset bar, with small grooves and projecting knops at the point where the frame and bar meet. The outer edge of the frame expands to moulded decoration in the form of two rounded, globular lobes that create a moulded U-shaped pin slot and are flanked at each side by thin raised collars. The pin itself is formed from a flat sheet of copper alloy that is folded around the integral bar and tapers towards a point that projects beyond the exterior edge of the frame. This buckle measures 22.41mm in height, 16.91mm in width, 4.27mm in thickness (at outer edge), and weighs 2.68g. A similar buckle frame, but with 'barrel shaped' moulding on the exterior edge, is noted from Medieval Norwich (Margeson, 1993: no. 132), and parallels to the current example may also perhaps be seen in the oval shaped frames with elaborate exterior edges noted in Medieval London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991: 73, 77). These suggest a date range in the 13th-15th centuries AD (c.1270-1500) for the current example. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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