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Description: | An unusual cast copper alloy buckle plate of medieval date. The plate is rectangular in shape and features attachment fittings at either end which makes it rather unusual. The object comprises a front and a back plate folded widthways forming the two plate. There is a notch cut into the fold, this is where a pin would once have sat. There is a strap bar still in situ running through the centre of the fold, it has broken at either side and therefore probably once was a buckle. This is now missing. The front plate is largely complete and decorated with incised linear decoration. There is a rectangular incised border, with diagonal lines drawn across it and then horizontal lines nearest to the fold. The terminal of the front plate is also a folded piece of plate, which bends back on itself to form a small secondary back plate. It is riveted in place on the reverse with a copper alloy rivet. There is a spindle or bar through this fold also. The back plate proper is similar to the front, but the terminal has broken off, exposing the rivet beneath. The back plate is undecorated. The metal is a pitted mid reddish-brown colour.
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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