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Description: | A copper-alloy single-loop buckle, dating from the Medieval period.The buckle is largely intact, with only the pin missing. The frame is 'D-shaped', its width expanding towards the outer side, where the surfaces, which slope downwards and outwards, are decorated by an incised pattern of swirls. The plate has been folded around the offset axis bar and has a shield-shaped upper side, with a smaller, sub-rectangular underside. The upper surface of the top plate bears traces of an incised design and is punctuated by four copper-alloy rivets with domed heads. The pin would have been attached between the plate's two folded tabs, where it would have been looped around the axis bar. Directly opposite this attachment, a notch has been cut into the inner edge of the frame. Traces of gilding survive across the upper surfaces of both the frame and plate.Length: 41.2mm; width: 24.9mm; thickness: 6mm; weight: 9.6g.Similar frames, with sloping faces and offset bars, were found at Meols, Merseyside, where they were dated to the late 13th to early 14th century (Egan, in Griffiths et al. 2007: 88).
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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