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Description: | Incomplete medieval copper alloy oval buckle frame, all of one side and most of the offset, narrowed bar missing. The very wide and almost intact outside edge is set at a steep angle and is decorated in openwork and in high relief with a pair of confronting wyverns. There is no remaining trace of gilding. Buckle frames with closely related designs have been recorded in Norfolk, at Acle (HER 42032, NMS-46B0D1), Emneth (HER 39308) and Kenninghall (HER 31412). Another, similar but without openwork, was found at Ringstead, Norfolk (HER 44097, NMS-9BBAE2). Estimated length and width 22.5 and 31mm. c.1175 - c.1250
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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