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Description: | A Medieval cast copper alloy buckle and plate with rivet, dating to between c. 1250-1400; Meols Type 10. The buckle is D-shaped with moulded decoration and outward facing corner knops. Between the corner knops, there is a row of symmetrical decoration with transverse ridges on the front edge of the buckle and two central ridges flanking the notch for the pin (cf. Whitehead No. 9, p9). The bar of the buckle is offset.The buckle plate is made from a thin copper alloy sheet folded in half to make a rectangular shape, with a circular pin slot and frame recess cut out at the folded end. Approximately halfway down the plate, there is a circular rivet holding the two sides of the sheet together. There is one very small concentric hole near the attachment end of the plate. The buckle pin is missing. The buckle is in relatively good condition, however its plate is fragile and missing some of its underside. The metal of both pieces has a deep green patina. The buckle measures 16.59 mm (length) and 16.6 mm (width) and the buckle plate is 26.47 mm (length); 13.91 mm (width); 0.80 mm (thick, single sheet). Both pieces together weigh 4.73 g.According to a close example PAS database record NCL-B9AA85, this particular type dates more specifically to the late 14th century: "Parallels are known from a late 14th century context in the North Wirral coast (Egan, Griffiths and Philpott No. 548)."
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