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Description: | Medieval (mid 12th to the 14th century) buckle: A single looped cast copper alloy buckle frame which is a 'D' shape in plan with a narrowed and off-set strap bar. The bar is sub-square in section. The frame tapers in width towards the strap bar, is at its widest at the apex of the frame and is obliquely angled in profile. The frame is undecorated. The frame has a well-developed mid green coloured patina. The pin is missing.An incomplete rectangular buckle plate is folded, almost in half, around the strap bar. In the centre of the fold a slot has been cut to allow for the pin and the corners have been removed. The upper plate is slightly wider and longer than the lower plate. The upper plate is decorated with a double stranded roulette of triangular border, within which there is a line bisecting the plate. In each half there is a saltire all formed by the rouletting style decoration. There are two rivet holes in the centre of each saltire with a copper alloy rivet within. The rivets do not have the same patina as the plate or strap end, instead it is corroded . The terminal edge of the upper plate is broken, but not recently. The lower plate has broken and crumpled edges. The plate has a well-developed turquoise-green patina.The object measures 27.37mm wide and 30.99mm in length and weighs 4.8gEgan and Pritchard (2002) illustrate a similar buckle, No. 304, which is dated to the mid 12th to the 14th century, but does not have an obliquely angled frame. The style of decoration on the plate is similar to that to Egan and Pritchard (2002) Nos. 756, 755, 533, and 514 and that seen on Medieval mirror cases (WAW-66C1A4).Egan, G. and Pritchard, F., 2002 Dress Accessories, c. 1150- c. 1450 (Medieval finds from Excavations in London) London: 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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