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Description: | Medieval copper or lead-tin alloy buckle of 13th or 14th century dateThe buckle is near-complete, missing only the pin but is badly corroded and comprises the buckle frame and folded plate (with an overall length of 56.1mm and a weight of 23.1g). The frame is of oval form (26.8mm long) with 'ornate outside edge' and a narrowed offset bar and is irregularly cast and asymmetric. The outside edge is expanded and has corroded side knops, probably imitating a roller. There is a notch for the pin at the centre and the rear of the outside edge is concave (giving the frame a depth of 6.8mm). The sides are convex (giving the frame a width of 25.9mm). The folded sheet plate (37.8mm long, 16.5mm wide and 2.4mm thick) has a slot to accommodate the missing pin and recessed sides for the frame. The plate was secured by a single rivet (5.9mm diameter and 7.5mm long) near the inside edge. The rivet is not now evident on the face and may be integral to the plate. The sides of the plate are straight and diverge slightly towards the inside edge. The rear plate is slightly shorter and may have broken through the rivet hole. Any applied surface decoration has been lost through corrosion but there is the suggestion of a vertical rib behind the pin slot. The surface is grey brown with some pale grey patches. Remnant traces of organic strap, seemingly wool survive between the plates.The buckle can be closely paralleled with an example excavated in London from a late 13th to mid 14th to century context and recorded by Egan and Pritchard (1991, p 76, no 316) . The London buckle is made of copper and also is unusual in having an integral rivet to secure the strap.
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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