Rights Holder: Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
BUCKLE
Unique ID: WILT-9ACCCC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A incomplete gilded copper alloy buckle of probable late medieval or possible early post-medieval date (c. 1400-1600). The buckle is D-shaped in plan and is missing the bar and the pin. It features a lozengiform area at the centre of the outside edge, projecting beyond the rest of the frame, with a central incised groove forming a pin rest. The frame tapers in thickness from the pin rest and terminates at either end in an old break. There is an irregularly spaced design of punched ring-and-dot motifs ranged around the interior edge of the obverse, which retain traces of gilding. The reverse is slightly concave.
The buckle measures 26.39mm in length, 11.49mm maximum width, 4.85mm minimum width, is 2.85mm thick and weighs 4.34g.
The gilding suggests a medieval date, but there is a pair complete double-loop buckle frame with the same lozengiform panel and grooved pin rest, and a white-metal coating, from a context of 1485-1600 at Sandal Castle, Wakefield (Mayes and Butler 1983, 231, fig. 1, nos. 11-12).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.39 mm
Width: 11.49 mm
Thickness: 2.85 mm
Weight: 4.34 g
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4285 01a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Salisbury
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
Similar objects
Find number: SOM-9BC5B9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
The buckle pin from a late Medieval to early Post Medieval (1400-1600) copper alloy 'locking buckle'.
The attatchment point of the buckle …
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: NMS-0FF802
Object type: BUCKLE
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
Copper-alloy buckle frame of 'locking' type, originally used with a pin and swivelling arm, both now missing. These buckles date to the late …
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: NCL-5052B2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
A cast copper-alloy buckle of Post-Medieval date, c.1485-1600.
The buckle is an incomplete double-framed form, with D-shaped outer frames w…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618