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Description: | A cast copper-alloy buckle frame with integral plate of Medieval date, probably a spur buckle. The buckle has an oval frame that is D-shaped in section with slightly expanded outer edge. Where the frame and plate meet are projecting transverse knops and a central circular pin hole that retains a separately cast copper-alloy pin. This is flat and triangular in form. The integral plate is rectangular in form, D-shaped in section, tapering towards a moulded terminal at the attachment end. It is decorated on its front face with a single central longitudinal groove and traces of gilding. The terminal is rectangular in form with central circular rivet hole and with traces of gilding on its front face. At the outer edge of the attachment end is a projecting terminal that is flat, rectangular in form and curls forwards to create a scroll or hook-shaped profile. A second central rivet hole is present on the plate just below the pin hole. The entire object measures 49.59mm in length, 14.24mm in width at frame end, 2.38mm in thickness, and weighs 5.14g.Similar buckle frames with integral plates are noted from Medieval London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991: nos. 320-321, fig. 48) with a suggested use as spur buckles. These are dated to the 13th or 14th centuries and suggest a similar date for the current example. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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