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Description: | An incomplete Medieval (1350-1450) composite buckle, missing its two sheet plates. It measures 29.2mm in length and 22.4mm in max.width (at the frame). It weighs 3.2g.The object comprises an oval lipped frame with a triangular knop on the outside edge and an integral forked spacer plate. The internal measurements of the frame are 10.4x16.9mm. The forked spacer is 13.2mm wide behind the frame (where there is a worn thickened transverse ridge 2.8mm thick). The pin bar and pin are now missing.Egan & Pritchard comment, 'These buckles with their distinctive composite plates seem to have been a widespread mid 14th to early 15th century form in this country' (1991; p.80). Cf. Egan & Pritchard 1991 figs.48 and 49, nos.322-330.
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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