Record ID: SF9196
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Very unusual copper-alloy buckle. The frame and plate are cast in one piece, and it is very thick and chunky. The frame is D-shaped, with an animal head at the pin rest. This has a pair of eyebrows which run downwards to form the nose; the nose ends in a large rounded knob. A knobby eye sits below each eyebrow. There do not appear to be any ears. A groove runs around the outer edge of the frame from the outside of each eyebrow and stops at the junction of the frame and plate. In the centre of this junction is a hole for the pin, which survives as a simple piece of strip cut to size an…
Created on: Thursday 22nd August 2002
Last updated: Friday 21st April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WALBERSWICK', grid reference and parish protected.