Accession No

1913.312


Description

Copper alloy single looped buckle with two plates. Oval loop; outer edge with two lobed knobs flanking roller; narrowed off-set bar. Pin is in closed loop around pin hole. Upper plate has two rivet holes towards outer edge; underplate is shorter and has one central rivet hole.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Barrington


Period

Medieval


Source

Conybeare, John William Edward (Reverend) [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1913.312; MAA: AR 1913.207; Z 29798


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

65mm


Events

Context (Display)
Previously mounted on patterned paper-wrapped display board with label in Cyril Fox's hand writing: 'Anglo-Saxon Medieval Bronze Buckle, Barrington. Conybeare Coll.' And on reverse, a typed label reading 'Conybeare Coll:' and a handwritten label reading: 'Saxon. Bronze Buckle. Barrington, Cambs.'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna


Description (Physical description)
Buckle.
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna


Context (Related Documents)
The catalogue card includes sketch diagram, which is over actual size
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1913.312: 'One [buckle] with a pair of plates.'
Event Date 1913
Author: Clare McKenna


Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for Z 29798: 'Bronze buckle'
Event Date 21/5/1979
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 29798: 'Chape with three rivet holes. Tongue present. Traces of gilding.'
Event Date 23/8/2001
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy single looped buckle with two plates. Oval loop; outer edge with two lobed knobs flanking roller; narrowed off-set bar. Pin is in closed loop around pin hole. Upper plate has two rivet holes towards outer edge; underplate is shorter and has one central rivet hole.
Event Date 8/12/2023
Author: Clare McKenna


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