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Description: | Medieval cast copper alloy buckle with integral plate. The buckle has been bent in several place, at one point it is bent 180 degrees. The buckle frame is distorted but was probably originally oval with a slight point to the outer side where the edge has been extended into a long tapering point, 8.1mm wide at the base and 14.5mm long. The long integral plate tapers evenly from the buckle frame to a point at the opposite end, there are lobed knops at the sides where the buckle frame joins the plate and the tiip is possibly slightly widened into a broader arrow, although this may be due to corrosion. There is a hole for the pin through the centre of the plate next to the frame. The pin is present though incomplete with the tip missing. Its different patina suggests it was made of metal of a different coposition. It is copper alloy sheet with bevelled edges and wrapped through the hole. There are two seperate copper alloy rivets through the plate, one near the pin hole and one near the other end, both are incomplete. There are traves of gilding on the front.It is 38.3mm long in its bent state, estimated at 76mm unbent, it is 17.5mm wide and 1.5mm thick; it weighs 5.93 grams.Buckles with integral plates such as this were in use c.1250-1400. The extended point beyond the frame is unual although examples with smaller points or longer points but shaped into animal heads have been recorded on this database, e.g IOW-0BB513, HAMP-C9AB76 and BH-F685C4.
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