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BUCKLE
Unique ID: WMID-11D837
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete enamelled cast copper alloy buckle plate, of Medieval dating (AD 1100 to AD 1300).
The buckle plate is incomplete and consists only of the front plate. The back plate is missing, presumed lost in antiquity.
The buckle plate is sub rectangular in plan. It has been recessed for the plate, and a sub rectangular pin slot. Two circular sectioned copper alloy rivets are present at the other end of the plate, one in each corner. The rivets have a diameter of 3.40 mm, and extend 2.4 mm beyond the front plate. The front has been decorated with a curvilinear enamel design, traces of which are now present. The reverse is plain and undecorated.
It measures 22.74 mm in length, 17.88 mm wide and 1.01 mm thick. It weighs 3.2 g.
The buckle plate is a mid reddish brown colour, with an uneven surface patina. Abrasion, caused by movement whilst within the ploughsoil, has resulted in the loss of the majority of the enamel and original surface.
The enamelling on the front of this buckle plate is suggestive that it might be a product of the Limoges workshop in France. Limoges enamels are typically religious in nature and were produced during the 12th Century AD and widely exported. Due to the level of abrasion that has occurred on this buckle, the identification of it as a Limoges buckle plate is probable but not definite.
Class: plate
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.74 mm
Width: 17.88 mm
Thickness: 1.01 mm
Weight: 3.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 8th December 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Curvilinear
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Wyre Forest (District)
Parish or ward: Stourport-on-Severn (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO7970
Four figure Latitude: 52.327687
Four figure longitude: -2.309566
1:25K map: SO7970
1:10K map: SO77SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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