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Description: | A complete Medieval double-looped oval buckle (AD 1300-1500). The buckle has a double-loop frame that has been cast with a D-shaped section and a flat back. Each oval loop has a wide outer edge, decorated in the centre point with three radiating incisions that serve both as decoration and as the pin-rest. The loops narrow slightly as they curve inwards towards the strap bar, which is on the same plain as the loops and undecorated. Around the strap bar is wrapped the copper alloy sheet pin, which is also D-shaped in section. The reverse of the buckle frame is undecorated. The buckle is in excellent condition. The frame has a buff gold patina and the pin, evidently from a slightly different alloy, has a brighter yellow-gold patina.Egan and Pritchard (1991, 83) illustrate a number of similar examples, refs. 332-339, from London contexts dated to Ceramic Phases 11 and 12, consequently AD 1350-1450.Dimensions: length: 27.54mm; width: 31.72mm; thickness: 2.20mm; weight: 6.39g.Reference: Egan G. and Pritchard F. 1991. Dress Accessories: Medieval finds from the Museum of London. The Stationery Office, London
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