Record ID: WAW-F46D45
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy single looped buckle and buckle plate. The buckle dates to the Medieval period, circa 1200-1500. The pin is missing. In plan, the buckle frame is sub-oval with a narrowed and off-set strap bar. The shorter sides of the frame are curving in plan and are sub-square in section. The side of the frame opposite the strap bar is straight and thickened. The thickened side of the frame has a moulded, round knop at either end and a recessed area between the knops which is very worn. Originally, this part of the frame may have had more decoration and/or a groove for the pin t…
Created on: Friday 22nd November 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 14th August 2018
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Record ID: WAW-CCBCE1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy composite buckle frame with forked spacer. The buckle dates to the Medieval period, circa AD 1350-1450. The pin and the plates are missing and one of the spacer prongs terminates in an old break. The sub-oval frame has a pointed projecting pin rest at the centre of the outer edge. The face of the buckle next to the pointed projection is flattened with a slight groove in order to accommodate the end of the now missing pin. The pointed projection is chamfered. The rest of the buckle face is obliquely angled from the interior edge of the loop to the outer …
Created on: Wednesday 20th November 2013
Last updated: Friday 10th August 2018
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Record ID: WAW-CB0034
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy single looped buckle frame and pin. The buckle dates to the Medieval period, circa AD1250-1400. The buckle is broadly rectangular in plan, with straight long sides and short sides which curve outwards. The buckle has an offset, narrowed strap bar. The strap bar is sub square in plan with rounded corners. The cast pin is an elongated rectangle with one end curled around the strap bar. The length of the pin is approximately 14.1mm. The curving sides of the frame are bevelled on the inside edge of the loop with obliquely angled outside edges. The side of the frame opposite…
Created on: Wednesday 20th November 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 25th February 2014
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Record ID: WAW-CA4085
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy double looped spectacle buckle frame dating from the Medieval to early Post Medieval periods, circa AD1350-1600. The pin is missing. The front of the buckle is undecorated with obliquely angled edges along the outside of the frame and on the inside edges of the loops. The strap bar is narrowed and broadly trapezoidal in section. The reverse is flat. The surfaces of the buckle are slightly worn with an even dark green / grey patina. Comparable buckles are recorded in Egan G and Pritchard F, 1993, Dress Accessories p 83, nos 332, 333, 337 and 339. Length: 18.38mm.…
Created on: Wednesday 20th November 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 25th February 2014
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