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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy medieval oval-loop buckle with integral plate. The buckle has a D-section oval frame with a 35.8mm long rectangular openwork plate. At the frame end of the plate is a medial circular hole that contains the loop of the copper alloy wire pin, the end of which is missing. The centre of the plate has two adjacent longitudinally aligned slots with two similarly aligned circular holes towards the terminal end. The end of the rectangular plate narrows and extends to a triangular shaped pentafoil finial. The curvature of the first lateral foils suggests that they may be worn holes that have opened to the outside flank but more probably it is due to defective casting. At the frame end of the plate and the mid-point of the finial there are small circular rivets, both are extant with sub-rectangular roves on the reverse side. The front face shows significant filing witness marks and both sides have substantial remains of a whitemetal coating, probably tinning. A close although less complete example can be seen at GLO-1A551C and is dated to Circa 1250-1400 AD.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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