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Description: | A cast copper alloy probable buckle with an integral strap fitting. The buckle frame is missing however, the integral plate remains. This is elongated sub-rectangular with a bulbous terminal. It is a pointed oval in section. Towards the buckle frame there is an incomplete hole through which, originally, the pin would have been fixed. Below this is the bulbous section which has a rivet hole and the remains of a copper alloy rivet. The remaining integral strap fitting is narrowed and undecorated. The surface of the object is abraded and has none of the original surface. It measures 22.89mm long, 7.55mm wide and weighs 1.2g.Similar examples, Nos. 484 and 320 are illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (2002 Dress Accessories Boydell Press) and are dated generally to the early 13th to mid 14th centuries.
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