Record ID: NCL-B49FBD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy spectacle buckle, with pin. The frame has two oval loops which are convex in cross-section. one end has an incised notch which serves as a pin rest. The ends of each buckle are pointed. The strap bar has a triangular cross section. The frame features a knopps of each side of the projecting strap bar. The buckle frame is a patinated a light brown with some areas of lighter grey and grey green. The open looped pin is extant and complete. 24.60mm long, 15.24mm wide, 1.47mm thick. 2.41g in weight Such a simple buckle is hard to date precisely, Whitehead (2003) illustr…
Created on: Wednesday 15th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
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Record ID: NCL-CB39DC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Stockton-on-Tees
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy medieval buckle that conforms well to a Meols type 10 c.AD 1350 - 1400. The pin is missing, leaving just the frame. The buckle is a single looped, oval with a narrowed and offset bar and ornate outer edges. Two prominent knops flank two grooves on the outer edge of the loop which act as rests for the pin. The buckle weighs 4.15g; is 20.27mm deep and 26.09mm wide.
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th February 2019
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Record ID: NCL-27B1CE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy frame from a single-loop buckle of medieval date. For similar zoomorphic buckles, see PAS record no. BH-44C3D6, or Murawski 2003: 455, M12-0206; 456, M12-0207; 462, M12-0406. The suggested date range is 12th to 13th century. The frame takes the form of a three-dimensional animal, standing, its head at the top right hand corner of the frame, looking backwards over its shoulder. The bar is missing, however the there are clear signs of a break at animals feet where the bar once would have been. There are two grooves under the animal's legs that deliniate the feet. The …
Created on: Wednesday 22nd March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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