File:409 buckle plate reverse (FindID 85792).jpg

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409 buckle plate reverse.jpg
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Bristol City Council, Kurt Adams, 2005-01-25 13:19:54
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409 buckle plate reverse.jpg
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English: Buckle Plate 
 Medieval 1200-1450 

 Length 45mm, width 13mm, thickness 0.6mm 

 

 The artefact is made from sheet copper alloy, the sheet has been bent in half to form a back plate, there is a rectangular slot at the bend for the buckle pin, the back plate rapidly narrows from the bend so that it is only 5mm wide.  The whole artefact is heavily corroded and as a result the decoration of the face is distorted to form a series of geometric linear markings that may have originally been foliage decoration.  There is a rivet hole at either end and a copper alloy rivet is still in place in both holes. 

 

 The artefact has been gilt. 

 

 The object is in a very poor condition the original; surface has been corroded away leaving a light brown colour and the plate is in two separate pieces where the reverse has broken away from the face at the bend on the forward edge.
Although similar buckle plates have been found dating throughout the Medieval period, the decorative style would seem more suited to the Gothic style and therefore a date of 1200-1500 is most likely.
Depicted place (County of findspot) South Gloucestershire
Date between 1200 and 1450
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1200-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 85792
Old ref: GLO-4F1ED4
Filename: 409 buckle plate reverse.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/49099
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/49099/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/85792
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