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Description: | A cast copper-alloy buckle frame with integral plate of Medieval date, probably a spur buckle. It is complete but has been bent to an angle of 90 degrees due to post-depositional damage, resulting in the frame bending backwards towards the attachment end. The buckle has an oval frame that is D-shaped in section with slightly expanded outer edge. Where the frame and plate meet are projecting transverse knops and a central circular pin hole that retains a separately cast copper-alloy pin. This is triangular in form, D-shaped in section and has double transverse grooves at the bar end. The plate itself is rectangular in form and section, tapering towards a moulded terminal at the attachment end. The terminal is rectangular in form with central circular rivet hole and possibly decorated on its front face with rocker decoration but this is uncertain due to the preservation of the object. At the outer edge of the attachment end is a projecting terminal that is flat, rectangular in form and curls forwards to create a scroll or hook-shaped profile. A second central rivet hole is present on the plate just below the pin hole and retains a separately cast copper-alloy rivet with flattened oval head. Beneath the rivet towards the attachment end the front face of the plate has a transverse band of rocker decoration and the entire buckle has traces of a relatively thickly applied gilding. It measures 32.65mm in length (bent), 16.14mm in width at frame end, 1.55mm in thickness, and weighs 5.13g.Similar buckle frames with integral plates are noted from Medieval London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991: nos. 320-321, fig. 48) with a suggested use as spur buckles. These are dated to the 13th or 14th centuries and suggest a similar date for the current example. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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