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Description: | Cast copper alloy buckle plate dating from the Medieval to Post-Medieval period, (1100-1700). The object is sub-rectangular in plan and rectangular in cross-section. The object consists of a sheet of copper alloy which would have folded over the strap bar. The object has a rectangular recess where the pin would have sat. The fold has broken on each side. The plate contains five circular rivet hole, one of which still contains a copper alloy rivet. The object has a brown patina. Traces of gilding can be seen on the upper face of the buckle plate. The size of the plate indicates that the object was probably part of a shoe or knee buckle.
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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