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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy medieval composite buckle frame with forked spacer. The oval frame has a central, pointed lip and curved recess on the inner face which is unfinished and extends into the frame. The frame is bevelled on the upper surface, externally and internally, with the latter far steeper; the lower surface is flat. In cross-section it is triangular. The frame has been narrowed at the spacer for the pin. The pin is missing. There is a slight transverse collar at the point at which the loop would have met the pin.The spacer has a sub-rectangular aperture next to the frame. One of the prongs has been broken just after it begins; the other is intact, though bent inwards. The spacer is recessed on both upper and lower surfaces to accommodate the missing plates. The area above the plates, around the pin is raised; the frame by contrast to this latter is lowered. The buckle frame and spacer have a dark-green patina. The frame's lower surface and both faces of the spacer feature file marks. Similar examples of this buckle type can be found in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 78-82) where they are dated to the mid 14th/early 15th century.
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