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Description: | Incomplete Medieval copper alloy and enamel buckle plate, missing its backplate and enamel, and with damaged projecting arms (which would have curled around the buckle frame). It measures 33.63x15.67x1.92mm and weighs 5.79g.The buckle plate is rectangular in shape and 14.59mm wide, widening slightly at the end opposite the arms to 15.67mm. It has a rectangular recess at the centre wWithin which are two panels of raised foliate decoration (probably carved). Each corner at the end opposite to the arms has a crescent-shaped outline. An in situ rivet sits in each.The foliate section consists of an elongated S and inverted S with an additional half an S added to the bottom. The end of each resulting wavy line with three cresents, is a three-fingered frond. An additional three-fingered frond extends into the central crescent.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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