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Description: | A Medieval copper-alloy single-loop buckle.The 'D-shaped' frame has sloping surfaces and extends to a pointed pin rest with transverse groove. The flattened and tapering copper-alloy wire pin has been looped though a constriction between two integrally cast forked points which extend backwards from the frame. Rectangular plates have been added to the front and back of these forks, creating a strap slot. These plates are joined to one another by a pair of rivets, located towards the open end of the slot; in addition, it is likely that the plates have been soldered to the forks. A tapering groove decorates the slightly skewed upper plate, extending horizontally inwards from the centre of the concave distal end and interrupted by a sub-oval aperture.Length: 56.3mm; width: 29.2mm; thickness: 6.8mm. Weight: 16.37g.Buckles with integral forked spacers were found in excavations in London, in contexts ranging from the 14th to mid 15th centuries (Egan and Pritchard 1991: 78 - 81).
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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