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Description: | A copper alloy Medieval buckle plate of which only the front plate survives. It has broken across the hinges and the frame is missing. The plate is rectangular and is recessed for the missing frame and has a rectangular pin slot. The front face has a border groove and a central decorative panel created by paring away the metal. There is a two legged beast depicted walking left in relief The beast has a bill like head and a long curled tail, the tip of which rests on its back; it is particularly bird like but with a feline tail, perhaps a lion's. There are two circular rivet holes in the attachment end, one in each corner. and both copper alloy rivets survive, though one is detachable. The buckle is similar to an example from London and other examples with birds dated to the 13th century (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 114, no 530). Compare also SF-CE0F50. The plate would probably have been enamelled, but none now survives. The metal has a reddish colour.
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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