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Description: | Late medieval copper alloy buckle of mid-14th to mid-15th century dateThe buckle is incomplete, missing the sheet plates and one of the side forks (with a length of 8.1g). The frame is oval with a central, pointed lip (5.0mm wide) and a probable notch for the pin, now worn. Otherwise the frame is of consistent with and thickness and of triangular section (2.5mm wide and 2.4mm thick). There are rounded ribs behind the frame (giving the buckle a maximum thickness of 4.6mm and with a length of 5.6mm) suggesting that separate sheet-metal plates were employed. There is a rabbet (3.3mm wide) for the short bar, around which the copper alloy pin is looped (with a length 19.1mm). The pin loop is open at the rear and has shoulders at the start of the shaft before gradually converging to the tip. The forked spacer two steps on each side to the square-sectioned prongs, only one of which now survives. The surface has been stripped and is now bronze with a black patina.
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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