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Description: | An incomplete Medieval cast copper-alloy composite buckle frame with an integral forked spacer (c. 1350-c. 1450). The loop is a Meols Type 3/4.The plates and part of the pin are missing.The oval frame is bevelled externally on the upper face and has a triangular lip at the centre of the outer edge. There is a tapering slot to accommodate the pin which is made of copper-alloy wire.In plan, the prongs are stepped and taper towards the attachment end.This buckle has patches of a dark green patina.Numerous file marks can be seen on the loop and prongs.Length: 41.0mm; width: width of loop: 22.4mm; width of prongs: 15.9mm; thickness: 2.7mm. Weight: 5.07g.Similar buckles from London have been published and dated c. 1350-c. 1450 (Egan & Pritchard 1991: 80, fig. 49, refs: 325-330).Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. 1991. Dress Accessories. Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: 3. The Stationary office/ Museum of London.
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