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Description: | A complete folded sheet metal copper alloy buckle plate from a single loop buckle, of late Medieval dating (1250 - 1450 AD).The buckle plate consists of a folded sheet of copper alloy metal, with two surviving copper alloy rivets. The buckle plate is sub rectangular in plan, and irregular in cross section. The left hand exhibits a fold in the metal, which would have originally gone round the central spindle (bar) of the buckle. A sub circular slot has been cut on both sides of the fold, for the buckle pin to be positioned. Neither side of the buckle plate exhibits signs of decoration.The plate has two holes present in both surfaces, arranged along the outside edge. The corner holes still have a copper alloy rivet present in each of them. An additional rivet has been located between the two corner holes. Both rivets continue through to the other side of the buckle plate. The rivets have a circular head (hammered flat), and a circular shank.The buckle plate is a mid to dark green colour, with an even surface patina.It measures 27.88mm in length, 16.46mm wide and 3.81mm thick. It weighs 2.4 grams.Buckle plates of this style generally date from the Late Medieval Period (c.1250 to c. 1450AD), and would have been attached to a single looped buckle, with separate pin. The majority of examples exhibit a recess on the edge of the fold for the frame to rotate, unlike our example which is unrecessed.
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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