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Description: | A cast copper alloy annular buckle. The buckle frame is circular in plan. The frame has a sub-triangular section as the upper surface tapers to the exterior edge. Bisecting the frame is a triangular section strap bar. At one end the strap bar has a corroded fragment of an iron pin which is now fused to the strap bar and loop. The pin was originally curled around the strap bar. In profile the frame is a wide 'V' shape. The frame has a well developed mid green patina. The frame measures 39.03mm diameter and weighs 9.6g.Egan and Pritchard (2002 Dress Accessories Boydell Press) illustrate other annular buckles with strap bars, Nos. 214, 216, 220 and 227, but all of these, but one, are lead-tin alloy, and are smaller than the recorded example. It is suggested that they are shoe buckles which were used from the 15th century. The 'V' profile may suggest the recorded example is also a shoe buckle, but this is not certain.
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