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Description: | A medieval copper alloy buckle with an unusual decoratively shaped plate. The buckle frame is slightly traprezoidal, with the bar narrower than the outer edge. There is a rounded knop at each of the two outer edge corners, and the narrow area between them is filled with a thick sheet roller with a central groove. The pin is wrapped round the bar and has a slight collar. The pin is bent. The plate has a slot for the pin and has recessed corners. It is sub triangular, tapering from the frame to a rounded point. Slightly towards the pointed end of centre, is a narrow "waist" with a triple collar. There are two copper alloy rivets through the plate, one each side of the waist. The plate has a groove round the edge for a border, and is gilded. The reverse of the plate is more simply shaped and smaller than the front plate; it also tapers from the frame. The buckle has a dark green and brown patina and traces of gilding on the frame as well as on the plate. The whole is similar to number 440 on page 96 of Dress Accessories, but it has a more elaborate plate than the publiched example. It dates from the 13th or 14th century. Another parallel, but thinner and flatter is NMS-A68B75.
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