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Description: | A corroded and incomplete double-looped buckle of post-medieval date. The frame was formed of two conjoined ovals, one of which has been all but lost beyond the pin bar. In cross-section the pin bar is trapezoidal with rounded corners. It protrudes beyond the frame at both ends in triangular points. Between, it is recessed; the pin survives in situ around it. The slightly bent pin is of thick sheet construction and tapers to a point. The terminal curved round the pin bar does not reach the straight part of the pin. The extant frame is bevelled externally on the upper face, bevelling paralleled on the lower face. The upper surface of the frame is decorated with vine scroll ornament, including on the pin bar protrusions. The similarity in decoration to some sword-belt fittings should be noted. The metal is characterised by bronze disease in differing shades of green; small areas red-brown metal can be seen underneath. The nature of the metal, the double-looped frame and the probable decoration suggest a date for this buckle in the 16th or 17th centuries, contemporary with sword-belt fittings (cf. Whitehead 1996, 68; ref. 423). | Subjects: | double-looped | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Webley, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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