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Description: | Medieval copper alloy buckle plate from composite buckle, or folding clasp. Rectangular sheet front-plate with circular aperture and angled groove in the centre of the slightly concave attachment edge, with copper alloy rivet to either side, one of which retains a fragment of the back-plate. On the reverse are file marks, traces of solder, and a faint scar from the (missing) forked spacer. Frame and pin missing. Measuring 33mm long (if straightened), 22mm wide and 0.8mm thick, weighing 3.05g.For similar examples see Egan and Pritchard (2002, 79, fig.48, nos.322 - 324; 81, fig.49, no.325 - 326 and 119, fig.78, illustrated example from a private collection). Circa 14th century.
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