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Description: | A Medieval copper alloy rectangular buckle frame of Meols type C, complete with pin and plate.The frame measures 19.7x24.1mm (internal 8.1x19.7mm) and has slightly convex sides with a transverse ridge near each corner (of the outside edges) and a solid outside edge, D-shaped in cross-section (having a vertical flat edge to the inside of the frame). This is decorated with a groove at either end, and a groove either side of the centre which is a 2mm wide groove for the pin rest. All grooves decorate the curved surface of the outside edge but not the flat inside edge.The bar opposite the outside edge is not visible inside the plate, which curls around giving a curved edge, 4.5mm in diameter. At the centre of this the pin is corroded in place. The pin is of sheet copper alloy, the edges curled around to join at the reverse. It is 2.6mm wide, c.16mm long and bends upward slightly at the bar.The plate measures 20.0mm in width directly behind the frame. It narrows to 16.1mm wide at the open end of the plate, where it is 4.3mm in thickness with an internal measurement of 2.8mm. There is a rivet at either corner of the open end, 1.6mm in diameter and copper alloy. The edges of the plate are rather jagged through wear but the surface of the plate has a smooth, shiny, mid-green patination with some spots of corrosion.The frame has a dark green patination, with much lighter areas of corrosion spots in the grooves. The pin is of a lighter green colour with a pitted surface.Similar rectangular buckles from sites in London have been recovered from a context dated c. 1350 - 1400 (Egan & Pritchard, 1991; 96, 434-38).Measures 43.74mm in length, 24.14mm in max.width, 8.75mm in max.thickness (at the pin) and weighs 13.66g.
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