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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy single loop rectangular buckle frame and plate, of late Medieval dating (c.1350 to 1400 AD).The buckle frame consists of a single looped sub rectangular frame, with rounded edges to the frame. A roller made from sheet copper alloy metal has been wrapped around the outside edge.The pin consists of an incomplete cast copper alloy pin, which has broken across the midsection.. The wide end has been wrapped around the central bar.The buckle plate consists of a sheet of copper alloy metal, folded around the central bar. A rectangular slot has been cut in the centre to allow for the pin to be positioned and has been recessed at the corners to take the buckle frame. A rivet hole is present at the far end of the buckle plate. The front of the buckle plate has been decorated by a circular design. This design consists of an outside circle, engraved by the use of a compass. Within the circle are seven drilled holes, one positioned centrally and the others spaced regularly around it.The buckle is a mid to dark green colour, with an even surface patina.The buckle measures 34.57mm in length, 16.22mm wide and 4.65mm thick. The buckle frame measures 15.58mm in length, 16.22mm wide and 4.92mm thick. The metal of the frame is 1.32mm thick. The pin measures 10.66mm long, 1.42mm wide and 1.37mm thick. The buckle plate measures 22.08mm long, 13.12mm wide and is 3.66mm thick and the sheet copper alloy measures 0.46mm thick. The buckle weighs 5.1 grams.Single loop rectangular or trapezoidal buckles are a common find and there are a number of similar published examples. This particular buckle frame shape has been classifed as type D by Egan during the analysis of the Meols assemblage in 2007 (Egan, 2007, p. 84) and was considered to be of 14th Century dating. Comparative examples from the Meols assemblage include #689-#690 (Egan, 2007, p. 97-99).The decorated buckle plate can be paralleled by one published in the London waterfront finds assemblage by #439 (Egan, 2002, p96-97) and was dated to Ceramic Phase II (c.1350 to c. 1400 AD).References:Egan, G. (2002) Buckles in Egan & Pritchard (2002). p50-123.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. p77-187Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. (2002) Dress Accessories. Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: 3. Museum of London / Boydell Press. London.Griffiths, N., Philpott, R., and Egan, G. (2007) Meols. The Archaeology of the North Wirral Coast. Discoveries and observations in 19th and 20th centuries with a catalogue of collections. Oxford University School of Archaeology Monograph 68. Oxford.
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