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Description: | An incomplete Medieval copper alloy buckle plate or strap end, dating 14th-15th century. The object is formed from a rectangular sheet of copper alloy which has been folded at one end to form a loop. There is damage at the opposite end but it appears to have originally been bifurcated, with straight outer edges and undulating inner edges. There are two parallel incised lines at the point where the sheet forms a loop. The object has a dark brown colouration with traces of mid-green patina, particularly on the reverse. This is no pin or buckle frame, so difficult to be certain as to what object this is.Similarly constructed objects are published in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 111 and 158-9). An example of a buckle plate that is similarly constructed is no. 516 with the loop holding one arm of the buckle frame, and strap ends with the loop being decorative, such as nos. 744-765. all of these date to within the 14th and 15th century AD.Dimensions: length: 11.80 mm; width: 13.44 mm; thickness: 4.19 mm; weight: 1.08g.Reference: Egand. G. and Pritchard, F. 1991. Dress Accesories. London: HMSO
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