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Buckle plates with fragments
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 Buckle
plate
with belt fragment
BUPWF01
Object: Buckle plate
Culture: Medieval. 13th-14th century
Area of Origin: Kent, England
Material:
Size: 45mm x 23mm
Weight: 7.23 grams
Notes: The plate is constructed with the folded sheet method,
and has three rivets in situ which are complete. The plate is plain
and undecorated although there are traces of white on the surface
which may be enamel.
A tiny trace of belt fragment remains attached to the central rivet. |
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 Buckle
plate
with belt fragment
BUWF02
Object: Buckle plate
Culture: Medieval. 14th-15th century
Area of Origin: UK
Material:
Size: 37mm x 14mm
Weight: 5.13 grams
Notes: Buckle plate
is contructed from a single folded rectangular piece of sheet
which is slightly shaped at the fold. The ends have a slight concave
. It has three piercings with two of the rivets intact. The buckle
plate is plain and undecorated.
Leather belt fragment survives.
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Buckle plates without fragments
D Shaped
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 Buckle
plate
with gilding
BUP01
Object: Buckle plate
Culture: Medieval. 13th-14th century
Area of Origin: Kent, England
Material: Bronze with gold gilding
Size: 21mm x 20mm
Weight: 2.04 grams
Notes: The plate is semi-circular in shape and is constructed
in the folded sheet method. Small amounts of gold gilding remain.
Two rivet heads remain with a third piercing for another rivet which
is missing. Decorative single line around the plate. |
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Buckle plates without fragments
Rectangular
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 Buckle
plate
with four hearts
BUP02
Object: Buckle plate
Culture: Medieval
Area of Origin: Raskelf near Easingwold, North Yorkshire.
Material: copper alloy, gold gilding
Size: 40mm x 28mm
Weight: 8.03 grams
Notes: Top plate of a medieval buckle plate.This is a Medieval
buckle plate.... the buckle is missing. Four rivets remain with
the central piece missing... it has a really nice fine engraved
8 petal flower made from four hearts within a circle on top... partial
gilding remaining.
Ex Martins Collection. This is one of a number of metal detector
finds that were found over a period of years by the late Mr Chris
Martins (1947 - 2018) of Helperby Manor Estate near York in North
Yorkshire on his own land. |
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 Buckle
plate
without buckle
BUP03
Object: Buckle plate
Culture: Medieval. 13th-14th century
Area of Origin: Kent, England
Material: gilded
Size: 40mm x 15mm
Weight: 7.73 grams
Notes: The plate is constructed with the folded sheet method,
and has four rivets in situ which are complete. The plate has several
patches of gold gilding and an etched scalloped line around the
edge. |
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 Buckle
plate
with punchwork
BUP05
Object: Buckle plate
Culture: Medieval.
Country of Origin: England
Material: Copper alloy
Size: 36mm x 13mm
Weight: 2.18 grams
Notes: Single buckle plate which is rectangular in shape. Plate
has two rows of punched lines parallel to the plate edges. Construction
appears to be originally folded plate. The reverse of the buckle
plate is missing. There is a singular piercing for a rivet, which
is absent.
Similar to: Buckle plate fragment, Pritchard & Egan,
MoL Dress Accessories, Item 533, Found Swan Lane, London. |
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 Buckle
plate
with cross hatching
BUP04
Object: Buckle plate
Culture: Medieval
Area of Origin: York, Yorkshire, England
Material:
Size: 32mm x 15mm
Weight: 4.57 grams
Notes: Buckle plate of folded construction. Two lines run
the length of the buckle plate with cross hatching flanking both
sides. There are two raised domes at the end of the plate. Two rivets
are complete and in situ. The top of the plate has a circular piercing
to accommodate the buckle and pin which are not present. |
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 Buckle
plate
without buckle
BUP06
Object: Buckle plate
Culture: Medieval. 13th-14th century
Area of Origin: Kent, England
Material:
Size: 30mm x 12mm
Weight: 4.03 grams
Notes: The plate is constructed with the folded sheet method,
and has three rivets in situ which are complete. The plate is plain
with a singlular line etched around the edge. |
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 Buckle
plate
undecorated
BUP08
Object:
Buckle plate
Culture: Medieval
Area of Origin: Cumbria, England
Material: Copper alloy/bronze
Size: 38mm x 15mm
Weight: 5.30 grams
Notes: The buckle plate is plain and has the faintest tracings
of a border around the edges of the plate. It has two piercings.
One piercing for a rivet to join the belt and the second piercing
to house the buckle pin.
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