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Description: | A Medieval copper alloy single-loop buckle with attached plate. The buckle is "D"- shaped with a short 8mm moulded projection on the extremity of the loop opposite the strap bar. Where the projection joins the strap bar there is a chevron that faces back towards the plate. The end of the projection has a shallow groove around it and this combined with the chevron gives a zoomorphic animal head appearance. The rectangular buckle plate is of the single-piece type that bends back on itself around the strap bar. Where it loops there is a rectangular cut-out to accommodate the pin which is now missing. It has a central rivet hole that would have held the two sides of the plate together but no remains of the rivet survive. The sides of the plate are decorated with lines and the central area with chevrons. One large chevron points towards the buckle and the other is nested inside the first and points in the opposite direction. There is evidence of further decoration but this is obscured by corrosion. The copper alloy of the buckle is different to that of the plate being somewhat greyer in appearance perhaps indicating a higher tin content. Egan, Dress Accessories 1150-1450 (2002) p94-96 Illustrates similar examples of buckles and plates dated by ceramic association to circa 1350 to circa 1400 AD.
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