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Description: | A cast copper-alloy gilt double-looped buckle of post-medieval date, with elaborate outer edges. It is formed of a pair of oval loops that curve in towards the pin bar. They are have a flat uppermost surface, then are bevelled steeply externally and internally; the lower surface is flat. The pin bar is narrowed and of a circular cross-section; at both ends is a lobed protrusion. The basic tapering pin survives in place, depressed at its centre. At the centre of each outer edge is a lozengiform boss that protrudes both externally and internally, the latter to a lesser extent. On the upper surface of each boss is a central pellet. At each of the cardinal points is a linear groove filled with three small pellets. The border of each boss is similarly recessed and features the same pelleting. In the same way the upper surface of the loops and of the lobed protrusions are recessed and decorated with a line of these pellets. On the lower surface the bosses are slightly recessed. The metal has corroded to a variable mid-green colour; much of the upper surface is covered in gilding, with small patches on the pin and the lower surface. One of the buckle's loops has been bent upwards at an angle of around twenty degrees, probably as a result of damage.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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