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Description: | A cast copper-alloy annular buckle frame of Medieval date. The frame is circular in form and D-shaped in section with a pin constriction to one side. This holds in place a separately cast copper-alloy pin that is rectangular in form, oval shaped in section and tapers to a point that is curved in profile to mirror the shape of the frame. At the centre of the frame is a separately cast copper-alloy bar that appears to be cylindrical in form. This holds in place a separately cast copper-alloy rectangular buckle plate that is folded around the bar to create an upper and lower plate, the lower plate being smaller than the upper. The plates are incomplete at their attachment ends due to old breaks, and an incomplete single central circular rivet hole is visible at the attachment end. The front face of the upper plate is gilded and has incised decoration comprising a single grooves border within which are the remains of two further single lines, the decorative motif now mostly missing due to old breaks. The plate measures 15.88mm in length, 14.30mm in width and 4.35mm in thickness. The entire buckle has suffered from post-depositional wear with signs of pale green copper-alloy corrosion visible on most faces. It measures 22.38mm in external diameter, 15.64mm in internal diameter, 4.33mm in thickness, and weighs 7.78g.This buckle frame is of Medieval date. It is unusual in that it has both a pin constriction at the frame and a central bar with attachment plate. This results in the pin resting on the plate rather than the frame, and the plate itself set at an angle of 45 degrees from the plane of the frame. Similar examples of buckles with pin constrictions are noted in London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991: nos. 212-213) and it is probable that the current example is of similar Medieval date, perhaps in the 14th century AD.
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