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Description: | A copper alloy integral plate from a buckle frame which is probably Medieval in date. The frame and part of the plate are missing. The plate is broken across a hole, which could be for the pin (which is also missing) or coul be for a rivet to attach the buckle to the strap. The breaks are worn and patinated. The surviving part of the plate is triangular in section and decorated with groups of diagonal incised lines and deeply recessed circular depressions. There is also an incised line along the centre of the plate, at the apex, and at the narrower end, the plate steps down to reduce in thickness. The end of the plate is a patinated break. The plate tapers from the frame towards the other end. The buckle has a deep grey green patina.This buckle is very similar to SWYOR-75FEA3 which was given an Early Medieval date based on a somewhat unconvincing parallel in West (1998, page 120, number 20). Since then, other matching examples have been recorded including SWYOR-0A9524 and SWYOR-BBDED6. It now seems likely that these buckles date from the Medieval period. Parallels on the database suggest a date of 1200 - 1400, though a slightly earlier date is not ruled out. Compare DENO-3A9566, SUSS-42A4D4, SUR-B43D63 and NMS-D69F32, though it is acknowledged that none are the same design as SWYOR-75FEA3 and he other SWYOR examples.
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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