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Description: | A copper-alloy top plate from a Medieval buckle.The composite piece comprises two joined elements: an openwork top sheet with moulded zoomorphic design, and a plain back sheet. Both elements are rectangular, of equal dimensions and are joined to one another by four copper-alloy rivets, one of which occupieseach of the four corners, their points projecting below the surface of the back sheet. Two tabs project from the right-hand end of the back sheet, separated from one another by a central pin slot. The alignment of the design is at 180 degrees to what normally would be expected for a buckle of this form. The beast's forward-facing head is located at the top left-hand corner of the panel and has an elongated snout. The forequarters angle towards the bottom left-hand corner, the front left foot resting on the horizontal border, the front right foot, on its vertical side. The details of the back of the animal are difficult to ascertain, but the sinuous body clearly extends into an upward-curving tail which appears to overlie a pair of wings. The one visible hind leg extends vertically downwards from the body, the foot resting on the border.Length: 27.2mm; width: 19mm; thickness: 4.6mm (not including rivets). Weight: 7.87g.Excavated evidence from London and elsewhere suggests that buckle plates with zoomorphic decoration probably date from the 13th century (Egan and Pritchard 1991:p. 114 and fig. 73, cf. no. 530).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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