Description (Physical description)
Gilt bronze buckle with swivel key-hook
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1923.266 [A-F]: 'Card with rings, buckles, tweezers, etc.'
Amended in a later hand: A= gilt bronze buckle with key hook, B. gilt buckle, C. strap-end.'
Event Date 1923
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Amendments / updates)
The Period field was changed from 'Medieval' to 'Medieval; 14th Century; 15th Century' as Ross Whitehead (1996). Buckles 1250-1800, p. 89 gives a parallel with the buckle No. 552, dated to c1350-1450. Rf. also a very close parallel on the Portable Antiquities Scheme under the Unique ID: Webley, R (2011) HAMP-1E6A51: A MEDIEVAL BUCKLE Web page available at: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/478621 [Accessed: 9 Nov 2023 09:51:58].
Event Date 9/11/2023
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Description (Physical description)
Gilt copper alloy belt buckle with swivelling arm. Made out of three separate components: bar with a curved 'locking' arm with a globular terminal decorated with spiralling grooves; pin with a long tube hinging on bar; rectangular frame with a notched front and transverse groove.
Event Date 9/11/2023
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung