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Description: | An incomplete and slightly misshapen Medieval cast copper-alloy single-looped buckle frame (c. 1250-c. 1400 AD).The pin is missing.The frame is convex at the front and flat at the rear. It is sub-oval in plan with an ornate outer edge. The outer edge has a knop at each end. On the upper surface, between the knops, are two transverse ridges creating a central pin-rest. The narrowed off-set bar is sub-square in cross-section.This buckle is worn and abraded and has a dark-green patina with patches of buff corrosion products.18.20 x 20.74 x 2.85mm. Weight: 1.94g.Similar buckles from London have been found in contexts dating from the 13th and 14th centuries (Egan & Pritchard 1991: 312, fig. 46).
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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