A cast copper-alloy arm from a medieval locking buckle. The arm is curved at one end where it has broken. The arm is bevelled so it is hexagonal in cross-section and is thinner at the straight end which would have acted as the pin bar within the buckle frame. The object can be dated to the 14th or 15th century (Geake 2001, 28). Complete 'locking buckles' can be found illustrated in Ward Perkins (1940, opp. 273; Plate LXXVII). It has a mid brown patina and visible file marks. Cf LVPL-199E42 and NCL-473CC7. Nick Griffiths thinks Locking Buckles may have been used with purses. The arm is pulled down over the pin to lock the pin in place.<\/p>","notes":null,"old_findID":"SWYOR-1EA285","id":"449580","objecttype":"BUCKLE","classification":"locking","subclass":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2011-06-22 14:12:08","broadperiod":"MEDIEVAL","updated":"2011-06-22 14:14:00","treasureID":null,"secwfstage":"4","secuid":"PAS4E01EA28001AC1","findofnote":null,"objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":"1985-01-01","datefound2":"1988-01-01","createdBy":"516","curr_loc":null,"inscription":null,"reason":null,"subsequentAction":"Returned to finder"}],"record":[{"id":"449580","old_findID":"SWYOR-1EA285","uniqueID":"PAS4E01EA28001AC1","objecttype":"BUCKLE","classification":"locking","subclass":null,"length":"32.24","height":null,"width":"19.43","thickness":"3.5","diameter":null,"quantity":"1","other_ref":"PAS Form number 1427","treasureID":null,"broadperiod":"MEDIEVAL","numdate1":"1300","numdate2":"1500","description":"
A cast copper-alloy arm from a medieval locking buckle. The arm is curved at one end where it has broken. The arm is bevelled so it is hexagonal in cross-section and is thinner at the straight end which would have acted as the pin bar within the buckle frame. The object can be dated to the 14th or 15th century (Geake 2001, 28). Complete 'locking buckles' can be found illustrated in Ward Perkins (1940, opp. 273; Plate LXXVII). It has a mid brown patina and visible file marks. Cf LVPL-199E42 and NCL-473CC7. Nick Griffiths thinks Locking Buckles may have been used with purses. The arm is pulled down over the pin to lock the pin in place.<\/p>","notes":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2011-06-22 14:12:08","updated":"2011-06-22 14:14:00","secwfstage":"4","findofnote":null,"objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":"1985-01-01","datefound2":"1988-01-01","inscription":null,"disccircum":null,"museumAccession":null,"subsequentAction":"1","objectCertainty":"1","dateFromCertainty":"1","dateToCertainty":"1","dateFoundFromCertainty":null,"dateFoundToCertainty":null,"subPeriodFrom":null,"subPeriodTo":null,"reason":null,"username":"acooper","fullname":"Amy Downes","institution":"SWYOR","usernameUpdate":"acooper","fullnameUpdate":"Amy Downes","primaryMaterial":"Copper alloy","secondaryMaterial":null,"decoration":null,"style":null,"manufacture":"Cast","surfaceTreatment":null,"completeness":"Fragment","preservation":"Fair","cert":"Certain","periodFrom":"MEDIEVAL","periodTo":null,"culture":null,"discmethod":"Metal detector","finder":null,"identifier":"Mr Wakefield Volunteer","secondaryIdentifier":"Ms Amy Downes","recorder":"Ms Amy Downes","county":"SOUTH YORKSHIRE","parish":"BRIERLEY","district":"BARNSLEY","easting":null,"northing":null,"gridref":null,"fourFigure":"SE4209","map25k":"SE4209","map10k":"SE40NW","address":null,"postcode":null,"findspotdescription":null,"lat":null,"lon":null,"knownas":null,"source":null,"obverse_description":null,"obverse_inscription":null,"reverse_description":null,"reverse_inscription":null,"denomination":null,"degree_of_wear":null,"allen_type":null,"va_type":null,"mack":null,"reeceID":null,"die":null,"wearID":null,"moneyer":null,"revtypeID":null,"categoryID":null,"typeID":null,"tribeID":null,"status":null,"rulerQualifier":null,"denominationQualifier":null,"mintQualifier":null,"dieAxisCertainty":null,"initialMark":null,"reverseMintMark":null,"statusQualifier":null,"tribe":null,"region":null,"area":null,"ruler1":null,"ruler2":null,"period_name":null,"date_range":null,"mint_name":null,"wear":null,"die_axis_name":null,"category":null,"type":null,"emperorID":null,"mintid":null,"reverseType":null,"i":"333893","f":"PAS_1427_curved_rod.jpg","imagedir":"images\/acooper\/"}]}