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BUCKLE
Unique ID: WILT-7C26B4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A medieval cast copper alloy non-symmetrical double oval buckle, with central bar narrowed for sheet metal pin with transverse bar. The bar for buckle plate is missing.The surface is corroded with specks of gilding. The central bar is decorated with closely spaced square cells around and between which traces of red enamel survive. The outside edge has scrolling foliate decoration surrounded by traces of blue enamel. There are two larger areas of yellow/green/white enamel towards the centre of the frame. The buckle is 43.5 mm in length, 30.96 wide and weighs 13.91 grams. Almost identical to NMS-809D31, and an early 13th century Limoges example (Boehm and Taburet-Delahaye 1996, 287,no. 91).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.5 mm
Width: 30.96 mm
Weight: 13.91 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 16th January 2014 - Thursday 16th January 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4160
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Over Wallop (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU2939
Four figure Latitude: 51.14953043
Four figure longitude: -1.58677235
1:25K map: SU2939
1:10K map: SU23NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boehm, B.D. and Taburet-Delahaye, E. | 1996 | Enamels of Limoges: 1100-1350 | New York | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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