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Description: | An incomplete, bent and fragmented cast copper alloy shuttle or sub-annular shaped shoe buckle with drilled frame for a separate spindle, spindle now lost. The buckle is openwork in design representing interlaced ribbons of beading and floral motifs and it is plain on the reverse. There are minor traces of tinning or silvering in patches but the overall patina is mid green with slight brown corrosion at the point where the spindle would have attached on the reverse indicating that it was made of iron.The buckle measures c.70mm in length, 52.11mm wide, 2.45mm thick and weighs 17.98g.Buckles of this type are typically dated to the period 1720-1790 and parallels can be seen in R. Whitehead, 'Buckles 1250-1800'.
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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