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Description: | An incomplete Medieval cast copper-alloy buckle frame with a separate and incomplete sheet copper-alloy plate (c. 1200-c. 1230). The frame is a Meols Type 2.The pin is missing.This single-loop frame, with a plain and slightly expanded edge, is 'D'-shaped in plan. It has an offset and narrowed bar which is circular in cross-section. The plate is formed from a single rectangular sheet of copper-alloy folded widthways. It is recessed to accommodate the frame and has a rectangular slot to accommodate the missing pin. The front plate is incomplete and has a break at the attachment end. The sides of the front plate taper in width from the frame end towards the attachment end. The back plate is shorter and has a rounded attachment end. Two circular rivet holes close to the frame pass through each plate. One hole contains a copper-alloy dome-headed rivet. There is another rivet hole at the centre of the attachment end which passes through the front plate. The break has occurred across the hole.The frame and plate have coarse green surfaces and gilding can be seen on the plate around the rivet head. The plate appears to be plain. The break is old.Frame: length: 14.3mm; width: 18.4mm; thickness: 1.4mm.Plate: length: 21.4mm; width: 13.3mm; thickness: 3.6mm.Overall length: 32.4mm. Overall weight: 2.26g.A very similar frame from London has been dated c. 1200-c. 1230 (Egan and Pritchard 1991: 68, fig. 42, ref: 271).Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. 1991. Dress Accessories: Medieval finds from excavations in London: 3. London: HMSO.
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