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Description: | Post medieval buckle; Moulded, copper alloy, double loop spur buckle of sub-rectangular or trapezoidal shape. The buckle has a basically rectangular frame with longer, concave sides and shorter, straight ends. The frame is flat and broad and is decorated with moulded scrollwork with some openwork elements. The pin bar is very narrow and is circular in cross-section. The pin is missing. Length 40.2mm, width 30.0mm, thickness 2.8mm, weight 9.12gThe shape and form date this buckle to the 17th century while the openwork decoration indicate that it is probably from the later end of that century. Compare the illustrated examples in Whitehead "Buckles; 1250-1800": page 10, figure 14 and pages 75 and 79.
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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