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Description: | An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy spur buckle (1250-1400).The majority of the frame is missing.The surviving part of the frame and the plate are convex at the front and flat at the rear.The integral plate flares from the frame then narrows and becomes parallel. At the attachment end it is arrow-shaped and terminates with a point. At the frame end there is a circular pin slot which contains a copper-alloy pin. The pin is convex at the front and flat at the rear. There are the remains of two iron rivets, one near the pin slot and one through the arrow-shaped part.This buckle has a drab brown patina and the pin is bright green and corroded.The rivets are corroded and in poor condition. There are minute flecks of gilding at the front.Overall length: 42.2mm; width at frame end: 10.5mm; width at attachment end: 8.3mm; thickness of plate: 1.8mm.Pin: length: 10.6mm; width at loop: 1.9mm.Overall weight: 2.34g.
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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