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Description: | A complete copper alloy single looped oval buckle frame with ornate outside edge, of Medieval dating (Late 12th to late 14th Centuries AD).It consists of a oval frame, with an narrow offset bar, with a recess for the leather strap. The pin is missing. The front of the buckle has moulded decoration, along the outside edge. The decoration consists of two diagonally extending prominent knops, both plain in decorative details. The knops are flanking a recessed central section on the outer edge. A raised collar is present at the base of each knop. A pin rest is present on one side as a groove in the centre.The back of the buckle consists of an offset bar.The buckle is a dark green to brown colour, with an even surface patina.The buckle frame measures 19.8 mm in length, 24.5 mm wide and 4.3 mm thick. It weighs 4.5 grams.Many examples of this style of buckle (an oval frame, with an ornate outside edge) were recovered from the excavations along the London waterfront. The stratigraphy suggests that this particular buckle fashion was a long lived one, from the late 12th Centuries to the late 14th Centuries AD (Egan, 1991, p.76). As such there are several published parallels to this particular find, including #298 (Egan, 1991, p.73); #96 (Whitehead, 2003, p.22) and #549 (Egan, 2007, p90).References:Egan, G. 1991 Buckles in Egan & Pritchard, 1991, pp.50-123Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. 1991. Dress Accessories. Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: 3. The Stationary office/ Museum of London.Egan, G. 2007 Later medieval non-ferrous metalwork and evidence for metal working: AD 1050-1100 to 1500-50. In Griffiths, Philpott and Egan. 2007. pp77-187.Griffiths, D. Philpott, R. and Egan, G. 2007. Meols: The Archaeology of the North Wirral Coast. Discoveries and observations in the 19th and 20th Centuries with a catalogue of collections. Oxford University School of Archaeology: Monograph 68. Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford.Whitehead, R. 2003 Buckles 1250-1800 Greenlight Publishing.
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