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Description: | A cast copper alloy annular buckle. In plan, the buckle frame is circular in plan and circular in section. One portion of the frame shows signs of great wear on the interior edge where the pin would have been positioned. The frame is undecorated. There is a cast copper alloy pin curled around the frame which has a slight transverse ridge near the loop. The pin is sub-square in section and is slightly narrowed towards the tip. The tip is slightly convex on top and convex underneath where it sits on the frame. The surface of the frame is in fair condition and has a shiny dark green/grey patina. The buckle frame measures 49.72mm diameter and 4.96mm thick. The pin is 55.43mm long. It weighs 29.9g.Similar buckles are illustrated in Egan G. and Pritchard F. (2002 Dress Accessories Boydell Press), for example No. 28. Egan and Pritchard (2002:57) comment that these frames, without constrictions for the pin are considered to be buckles, and those with a constriction are brooches. As a buckle it is commented that these may have been used on shoes. They date to the late 14th to early 16th century.
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