clothing fastening

Description

Summary: Spectacle' buckle of cast copper alloy with remains of iron tongue and copper alloy plate pivoting around the central bar. Elaborate mouldings of leaf and pellet motifs around the border of the frame. The attachment plate on the reverse is reminiscent of those used to attach the bindings and straps on spurs, found during an archaeological excavation at Abbey House, Bradford-on-Avon, by Foundations Archaeology.


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