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Description: | A Medieval incomplete copper-alloy ornate oval buckle frame with integral rigid plate. The pin and distal end of the plate are missing. The leading edge of the buckle frame is expanded by the presence of four lobed knops which are divided by three grooves. The frame has a flat reverse surface and 'D' shaped cross-section. The frame cross-section is 1.8mm thick and 2.7mm wide expanding to a width of 4.5mm across the knops. The oval apperture at the centre of the frame has a length of 2.9mm and width of 9.0mm. The frame (only, not the plate) is curved at the centre along the central lateral axis of the buckle and plate.Behind the frame a circular pin hole is present that has a diameter of 2.0mm. The maximum width of the integral plate is 9.9mm directly behind the frame and across the pin hole and then tapers to a transverse break where the width is 5.1mm. The plate has a flat reverse surface, 'D' shaped cross-section with a thickness of 2.5mm. The upper surface of the plate is decorated with two transverse grooves set towards the buckle frame end of the plate. The pin hole is positioned across the first groove and the second groove is just 1.5mm from the edge of the pin hole towards the transverse break. On the opposite edge of the second groove, the remains of a rivet are present. The rivet head has a diameter of 2.5mm.This incomplete buckle weighs 2.60g, has an incomplete length of 20.7mm and the maximum width (buckle frame) of 14.8mm.See See Egan, G. & Pritchard, F. Dress Accessories 1150-1450. 1991 & 2002. p.73, fig.44, no.292, p.77, fig.46, no.318, p.106-108.Also see Whitehead, R. Buckles 1250-1800 Greenlight Publishing 2003, p.21, no.77-78, 83-84, p.22, no.86, p.34, no.200, p.35, no.205.
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