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Description: | A fragment of a cast copper alloy sub-rectangular buckle of Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1690 - c. AD 1720). Length: 22.6; width: 29.0mm and 4.1mm thick. Weight: 3.01g.The fragment consists of an outside edge and part of one side of the frame. When complete, the buckle was furnished with a separate iron bar. The upper face is convex and the lower face is slightly convex. The outside edge is swollen and has cast (probably) decoration of anthropomorphic style and consists of a human face composed of a crescent shaped mouth and linear lines representing hair. Part of a nose is also present. The side of the frame is decorated with four raised lobes. The end lobe, which was at the centre when the frame was complete, has a break across its centre where the drilled hole for the missing bar is situated. The fragment is in good condition and has a shiny mid-green patina overall. Both breaks are old and abraded.The buckle is very similar to one illustrated by Whitehead (1996, 102, ref. 657) who dates the buckle c. 1690 - c. 1720.
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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