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Record ID: NMS-4CBE69
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Broken copper-alloy double-oval loop buckle. The frame is decorated on the front face with a leaf-like moulded pattern over which there are substantial remains of gilding. The cross section is sub-rectangular. The strap bar is slightly narrowed with end stubs projecting just beyond the sides of the frame. The pin survives intact. The buckle was found complete but badly bent and cracked, it has since fractured and is now in two segments. A similar but complete buckle is shown in Whitehead, R. Buckles 1250-1850 No.421. Circa AD1550-1650 Length; 42mm (estimated), width; 26mm. Weight…
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th November 2018
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Record ID: NMS-4D74C5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fragment probably one half of a laterally folded Medieval composite buckle plate. The fragment consists of a thin trapezoidal sheet broken laterally across the narrow end. The corners of the unbroken end are rounded with a large rivet hole in each, One hole has the rivet and rove extant and suggests the original thickness, including strap and second side of the plate, was approximately 6mm. The front face is engraved with six equally spaced wavy transverse lines that go across the full width.There are substantial remains of gilding on the front face also. There is a simil…
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.