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Description: | Medieval copper-alloy cast single-loop oval buckle frame. This object is incomplete as it is missing the buckle pin and a continuing buckle plate, which is common to this type. The shape of the buckle is catagorised as oval, although its right side is straight-edged and thinner than the oval perimeter of the overall object; this would have facilitated a smooth connection to the buckle plate, which then would have folded over and fit to this edge. The buckle is embellished with a bar at the left, which consists of a thicker segment following the general oval shape of the buckle frame. This bar is decorated with two main notches at each end, creating moulded "knops" and transverse ridges in the centre. Although fairly abraded, the buckle retains some of the transverse ridging which would have also caught the buckle pin and likewise, at the right side of the frame, a slight depression is discernible, where the buckle plate would have held the pin before continuing further to hold the belt. It is uncertain whether the buckle's cast decoration continues on the underside, or if it has a flat surface. The metal colour is mostly deep orange-brown with some light green mottling of the surface. Buckles of this type were decorated for personal dress and the off-set belt plate bar to the right would have made for a neat connection to the belt itself (Whitehead 1996, 17). According to Whitehead, these buckles were mass-produced since the 14th century in ceramic moulds (Whitehead 1996, 8). Close database parallels include: SUSS-14BE40, GLO-416495, SUSS-DEE972, LIN-1EDDC7. For further examples, refer to Egan and Pritchard (1991, 72-73): Fig. 44, Nos. 292 and 302; Whitehead (1996): Figs. 86 (p22); 83 (p14); 9 (p9).
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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