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Description: | An incomplete Medieval lead alloy shoe buckle dating 1350-1450. The shape of this buckle is distorted and the cross bar is broken and the two edges pulled apart. The iron pin is missing. Egan & Pritchard (1991:86) illustrate very similar examples which they write "seem to have been used regularly for pattens (open-style footwear in which two leather side elements are joined by straps across the instep)". All of the published examples come from contexts dating 1350-1450.Dimensions: length: 24.50mm; width: 18.31mm; thickness: 3.31mm; weight: 2.95g.Reference: Egan G. and Pritchard F. 1991. Dress Accessories: Medieval finds from the Museum of London. The Stationery Office, London
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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