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Description: | A cast copper alloy double looped pointed oval shaped buckle. In plan the buckle is a sub-oval and in profile it is flat. The frame is decorated with a circular perforation either end of the strap bar and at the apex of each loop. The edges of the frame are scalloped. The strap bar is narrowed, and trapezoidal in section. The pin is an elongated triangular which is curled around the strap bar. The surface of the frame and pin have a mid grey/green patina. The frame is broken, recently, into two pieces. The buckle measures 42.9mm long and 27.68mm wide across the loop. It weighs 4.9g. Whitehead (Whitehead, R. 1996 Buckles 1250-1800 Greenlight Publishing) dates a similar buckle (No. 434) to c. 1550 and c. 1660.
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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