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Description: | A cast copper alloy single looped 'roller' buckle of medieval date (1250-1400). The frame of the buckle is broadly D shaped in plan and sub-rectangular in cross section. The buckle frame is complete. The pin is lost but would have attached by one end being bent around the bar; the decoration on the opposite edge acts as a pin rest. The decoration is formed from a sheet of copper alloy which is wrapped around the frame and was designed to move and aid fixing the buckle in place. There is no evidence of gilding or tinning on the buckle frame. The buckle has a light greenish colour. Similar examples to this buckle can be seen in Ross Whitehead's book 'Buckles 1250 - 1800', pages 21-23. Whitehead suggests that these buckles date from the later 13th and 14th centuries. The buckle frame measures 17.92mm length, 15.68mm wide, and weighs 2.66 grams.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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