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Description: | Complete cast copper alloy double looped (spectacle) buckle of post-medieval date (1500-1650). The frame of the buckle is sub-rectangular (rectangular with rounded corners) in plan with an integrally cast central axis bar to which a pin would have fitted. The pin which would have fitted to this bar is also missing. In profile the frame is slightly bowed. Centrally positioned at either end of the frame on the outer edge are two cast recesses, these are undecorated. The buckle frame measures 42.4mm long, 42.8mm wide, is 3.4mm thick and weighs 11.14 grams.
The buckle is brassy bronze colour and all surface green patina has been removed by cleaning. The exposed metal surface is slightly pitted. This is more evident on the reverse face. Similar examples to this buckle can be seen in Ross Whitehead's book 'Buckles 1250 - 1800', pages 54-55. Whitehead suggests that these buckles date from the post medieval period (1500-1650) and are amongst the most common buckle finds. The undecorated nature and size of this example may suggest a functional utilitarian use. | Subjects: | Double looped | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Reavill, Peter - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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