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Description: | A incomplete Medieval cast copper alloy single loop buckle. Only about 20% of the oval buckle frame remains. The rest together with the strap bar and pin are missing. with an offset and narrowed strap bar. The front of the buckle frame is moulded into an ovate shape. The middle of this ovate section has a circular sheet roller that would also function as a pin rest. The roller is decorated with fine circumferential lines with a deep central incised line.. Egan, Dress Accessories (1991) p77 No.317 shows similar examples which is dated through ceramic association to 1270 to 1350 AD. Cf.: Whitehead 2003, p22, dated to c. 1250-1400 AD.The buckle fragment measures 14.8mm long, 19.1mm wide, 7.01mm diameter on the roller and weighs 3.23 grams.
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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