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Description: | A corroded and incomplete copper-alloy rectangular buckle plate of medieval date. It is of folded sheet construction, with only one fold surviving. It has a central pin slot but is not recessed on either side for the frame. At the other end is a circular perforation which retains a rivet with its end hammered and bent to one side (L.: 8.1mm). A second rivet hole can be found behind the pin slot; this is now empty. Beyond the pin slot the upper surface of the plate is divided into four eight equal zones by four transverse ridges and a central longitudinal one. The fields are filled with overlapping zigzag decoration. Traces of gilding survive around the rivet holes on the upper surface. The frame end has been bent downwards slightly as a result of old damage. The artefact is of a red-brown metal overlain with light-green corrosion product. A plate with similar decorative treatment found in London suggests an early date in the 13th century (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 77; ref. 313).
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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