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Description: | An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy buckle with an integral plate circa (AD 1250-1350). The buckle is complete with the cast pin intact. This buckle frame is a single oval loop with two lobed knops on the opposing corners of the outer edge of the oval loop. Extending from the oval loop the buckle has three stepped transverse ridges with a rivet hole behind the strap bar. The plate then narrows to a pointed trefoil shaped terminal that contains a rivet hole. The buckle has been bent and distorted. It has a mid green patina and traces of gilding. Egan and Pritchard (2002:p.78 no: 320-321) have catalogued similar examples from London and suggested that this form of Medieval buckle with a cast integral plate could have been used for spurs. Egan and Pritchard (2002) suggest other more decorative examples that terminate with hooked ends survive from the mid 13th to mid 14th century. There are many oval frame buckles with integral plates on the database. Similar designs can be seen which have been discovered in Owslebury, Hampshire (HAMP-3E0423) and in Podington, Bedford BH-2D3A91.The buckle measures 61.9 mm in length, the width is 23.2 mm and the thickness is 2.8 mm (internal loop 15.9 x8.4mm) and weighs 9.14 grams.Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. (2002) Dress Accessories 1150-1450. Woodbridge, The Boydell Press.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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