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Description: | A cast copper alloy buckle. The buckle frame is a sub-oval which has a slight notch for the pin. The strap bar is slightly off-set and narrowed. The frame is a D-shape in section. The pin is cast copper alloy and is curled around the strap bar. It is also D- shape in section. The surface of the frame has an incomplete mid grey/green coloured patina. The length of the buckle frame is 14.33mm long and 17.81mm wide. It weighs 2.1g.The frame is probably dated to the Medieval period. Egan and Pritchard (2002 Dress Accessories Boydell Press) illustrate similar examples (No. 390) which date from c. 1350 to c. 1450.
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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