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Description: | The ornate outer edge of a oval buckle, typically dating to c.1250 to 1400 AD.The find consists of the ornate outer edge of a cast copper alloy single looped oval buckle. The rest of the frame has been broken off in antiquity.It consists of four knops, with three prominent grooves separating them. The central groove would have acted as the rest for the buckle pin. The external knops are a darker green in colour compared to the two central knops, suggestive of a different alloy used for the two sections. The two external knops are plain whereas the two central knops each have two incised lines, running approximately 1mm parallel to the edges of each of the central knops. The incised lines could have had a fine wire inlay placed within them. On the back of the frame, there is a break in the metal of the two central knops, indicative of it a separate piece of metal applied to the buckle frame. It is possible that this central section acted as a 'roller' and would rotate around the buckle frame.The find measures 24.59mm in length, 8.42mm in width, and 7.62mm. It weighs 5.1 grams.Similar examples have been published in Whitehead, 2003 (no 10, p9 and no. 78, p21), Egan 2002 (no 302, p. 74) and Egan 2007 (no. 534, p. 91). All consistent with late 13th Century to early 15th Century dating (c.1250 to 1400 AD).References:Egan, G. Buckles in Egan and Pritchard 2002, pp50-123Egan, G. Later medieval non-ferrous metalwork and evidence for metal working: AD 1050-1100 to 1500-50. In Griffiths, Philpott and Egan. 2007. pp77-187.Egan, G and Pritchard, F. 2002. Dress Accessories c.1150-c1450. Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: 3. Museum of London. Boydell Press.Griffiths, D. Philpott, R. and Egan, G. 2007. Meols: The Archaeology of the North Wirral Coast. Discoveries and observations in the 19th and 20th Centuries with a catalogue of collections. Oxford University School of Archaeology: Monograph 68. Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford.Whitehead, R. 2003 Buckles 1250-1800 Greenlight Publishing.
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