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Description: | Large copper alloy Georgian shoe buckle dating to between 1720-1790. The buckle is in good condition and has been silvered or tinned on the surface. The frame is rectangular in shape with rounded corners and a slight ridge around the outside edge for decoration; it is curved is section for fitting on a shoe. The buckle frame is drilled at each side for the spindle which would have held the buckle tongue. The buckle weighs 26.9g and measures 52.9mm in length, 46.4mm in width and approximately 10mm in thickness. A similar parallel can be seen in Ross Whitehead's 'Buckles 1250-1800' page 104, No.668.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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