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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy double looped buckle of post-medieval date (1570-1700). The buckle frame is incomplete being broken across one loop. Originally it would have been broadly sub-rectangular in plan with a slight integrally cast central bar. The edges are faceted. The pin is present and attaches to the central bar by the terminal being folded back upon itself. There is no evidence for a recessed pin rest on the frame. The frame of the buckle is also not decorated and there is no evidence of an applied surface present.
The buckle measures 22mm long, 23.5mm wide, is 2.7mm thick and weighs 2.43 grams.
The buckle is a mid - light green colour with an abraded patina which covers all surfaces. Movement in the ploughsoil has resulted in the buckle becoming asymmetrical, and slightly bowed in profile. Where the patina has been lost a light green powdery active corrosion is present. Both breaks in the frame are old having been abraded. Similar examples to this buckle can be seen in Ross Whitehead's book 'Buckles 1250 - 1800' pages 74-75. He dates these to the early post medieval (late Tudor and Stuart) period (1570-1700) although similar buckles are used throughout the late medieval ?? modern periods. | 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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