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Description: | A sheet copper alloy buckle plate dating from the medieval period, AD1250 - 1350. It is rectangular, with a U shaped notch in one end to accept the pin. The upper side is decorated with a pair of narrow grooves running around the edge. The underside is plain. There are five circular perforations for mounting rivets, one in each corner of the plate and a fifth, larger one, one third of the way in from the unnotched end. A copper alloy rivet remains in place in this larger perforation; the four smaller rivets are missing. The holes are ound except for one lozenge shaped one. The plate has a smooth, dark brown patina. It is 32.9mm long, 16.4mm wide and and 0.8mm thick. It weighs 2.71gm.Similar plates are illustrated in Egan and Pritchard, 1991, Dress Accessories 1150 - 1450, page 111, numbers 499 and 508 and are attributed to the second half of the thirteenth century and the first half of the fourteenth.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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