WMID-509D82: Medieval copper-alloy buckle frame

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BUCKLE

Unique ID: WMID-509D82

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A cast copper-alloy medieval buckle frame. The buckle frame is D-shaped, terminating in a collared knop. It is flat on the reverse and rounded on the front. The pin bar is slightly recessed and has a small groove where the pin rotated. File marks are evident across the extent of the frame. The pin and plate are both missing. Length 25.31 mm; width 16.77 mm; thickness 3.5 mm; weight 2.3 grams. An extremely similar example, complete with plate, is illustrated in Egan and Pritchard's Dress Accessories (1991), page 94, figure 59; 421, which was recovered from a context dated from 1350-1400. This buckle frame is likely to be of a similar date.

Class: Cassels type 1.5C

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 25.31 mm
Width: 16.77 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 2.3 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 20th December 2009

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: North Warwickshire (District)
Parish or ward: Middleton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP1898
Four figure Latitude: 52.579519
Four figure longitude: -1.735799
1:25K map: SP1898
1:10K map: SP19NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Egan, G. and Pritchard, F.	1991	Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991)	London	Stationery Office Books	94; 59	421

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Recording Institution: WMID
Created: 13 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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