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Description: | Medieval copper alloy probable buckle plate of 12th to 15th century dateThe buckle plate is near-complete but is distorted and the frame is missing (with a distorted length of 31.2mm, a width of 35.5mm and a weight of 8.8g). The sheet plate (0.5mm thick) is of folded form with a slot for the pin. The front plate is rectangular and was secured to the strap with three rivets (5.0mm - 5.5mm long), with domed heads raised above the plate. Two of the rivets are positioned near the attachment end and one behind the slot. The front of the plate is decorated with a double 'rocker-arm' border and interior cross. The rear of the two rivets near the attachment end has plate copper alloy washers to ensure the fixings. Only the central rivet is secured through the plate. The rear of the plate is shorter and less wide than the front (18.2mm long and 27.4mm wide) and is without decoration. The surface has a mid to dark-green patina.The plate can be broadly paralleled on 14th and 15th century buckles but also has similarities with earlier harness pendant suspension mounts of 12th to 14th century date, similar to examples recorded from Norwich (Ashley 2002, p 5-8)[1] and elsewhere. [1] Ashley, S.; 2002; Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture; East Anglian Archaeology, Report No. 101; Norfolk Museum and Archaeology Service
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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