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Description: | A virtually complete cast copper-alloy medieval composite buckle with forked spacer. The oval frame has a central knobbed protrusion with corresponding V-shaped pin rest on the inner side of the outer edge. The frame is flat underneath and bevelled on the upper surface and has been narrowed at the spacer for the pin. In cross-section the frame is triangular. The pin is of thick wire construction, looped round, but not attaining the outer edge. The lower surface of the pin is slightly recessed. The spacer has a moulding beyond the pin on both sides and both faces before being recessed to accommodate both extant sheet plates. There is a sub-rectangular aperture next to the frame (W.: 3-3.5mm), expanding to c. 18mm at the end of the prongs. The prongs extend the full length of the plates. The lower plate is plain, with an incurved attachment end. It is connected to the upper plate by a pair of rivets at the attachment end. The upper plate has a similarly incurved terminal, but with a circular perforation just below the curve, now broken through, and a groove emanating from it (cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, 81; refs. 325, 326). At the other end the plate has been abraded on both sides. It is decorated on its upper surface, with a border following the sides and the perforation and its groove. Within the field thus created is a large initial 'R' with a 'V' on its end arranged around the hole and groove. There is a broadly semicircular element abutting the top of the 'R' and extending towards the 'V'. It features three incised diagonal lines. The 'V' contains short nicks in a row down the centre of the initial. Spaces within the field are filled with rcoker-arm decoration. The buckle frame and spacer have a dark green colour with a large patches of light corrosion product. The whole spacer is covered in file marks. It has received a strike, resulting in one of the prongs being bent downwards slightly and the frame bent at a slight angle. Such buckles are dated to the mid 14th/early 15th century. Buckle frame dimensions - L.: 19.0mm, W.: 26.9mm, Th.: 2.7mm
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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