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Description: | Incomplete medieval gilt copper alloy buckle. Only the bar of the frame is extant. The pin is rectangular sectioned and decorated with a pair of transverse engraved grooves near the loop.The front part of the trapezoidal sheet plate lacks its inside edge while the shorter rear part is tongue-shaped, i.e. its inside edge is convex. The plate is equipped with a pin slot, frame recesses, an off-centre convex-headed rivet and curving engraved decoreation within a frame. The bar is not understood. One broken end projects from the fold. The other end also projects but terminates in a loop. It is likely that the former is broken before the junction with the side of the frame, and presumably the loop lay outside the other junction, the scar of which is now concealed within the fold. Why a frame should require a loop at one corner is a mystery. Plate length 18mm. Length of rear part 14.5mm. Width of plate 17mm tapering to -15mm at the break. Length of bar, i.e. width of frame 22mm. 13th - 14th century.
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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