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Description: | A cast copper alloy single looped oval buckle and plate, typically of late 12th to late 14th Centuries AD.It consists of a oval frame, with an narrow offset bar, with a recess for the leather strap. The pin is missing. The outer edge of the buckle is decorated. There are two diagonally extending prominent knops, both plain in decorative details. The knops are flanking a recessed central section on the outer edge. A raised collar is present at the base of each knop. Three grooves are present, spaced regularly around the recessed centre. These grooves would have acted as the rest for the buckle pin. The back of the buckle is consists of an offset bar.The buckle plate has been made from a rectangular sheet of copper alloy metal, folded at the mid point around the off set bar. The edges have been recessed to allow for the buckle frame. A rectangular slot has been cut centrally for the pin to be placed. The far end of the buckle plate has appears to have been edged decoratively in a series of semi circles (scallops). Two holes have been punched at this end, intersecting the cut design. These holes may have been a later repair. To either side of these large holes, are two copper alloy rivets, extending through both plates.The buckle is a dark green colour, with an even surface patina. A slight trace of silvering / tinning is present on the ornate outside edge of the buckle frame.The buckle measures 53.52mm in length, 26.84mm width and 3.92mm thick. The frame measures 19.47mm long, 26.67mm wide and 3.44mm thick. The buckle plate measures 37.66mm in length, 21.26mm wide and 4.39mm thick. The sheet metal for the buckle plate is 1.08mm thick. The buckle frame and plate together weigh 9.0 grams.Many examples of this style of buckle (an oval frame, with an ornate outside edge) were recovered from the excavations along the London waterfront. The stratigraphy suggests that this particular buckle fashion was a long lived one, from the late 12th Centuries to the late 14th Centuries AD (Egan, 1991, p.76). As such there are several published parallels to this particular find, including #298 (Egan, 1991, p.73); #96 (Whitehead, 2003, p.22) and #549 (Egan, 2007, p90).References:Egan, G. 1991 Buckles in Egan & Pritchard, 1991, pp.50-123Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. 1991. Dress Accessories. Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: 3. The Stationary office/ Museum of London.Egan, G. 2007 Later medieval non-ferrous metalwork and evidence for metal working: AD 1050-1100 to 1500-50. In Griffiths, Philpott and Egan. 2007. pp77-187.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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