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Description: | Post medieval cast copper alloy buckle frame and chape with traces of tinning. The frame is sub rectangular with rounded corners and is expanded on the inner side at the centre of both ends; the sides are widened and thickened at the centre to take the drill hole for the seperate iron spindle, some iron corrosion remains of the spindle. The frame is 20.9mm long, 17.2mm wide and 2.6mm thick. The chape is triangular with one side comprising the hinge that went around the spindle. The point oppsite the spindle is broken from an old break. The pin is still attached and was cast with a round shank tapering to a point and a transverse hole for the spindle in the rounded end. The chape and pin are 16.9mm long, 11.5mm wide and 2,6mm thick.The chape, frame and pin weigh 2.75This type of buckle dates to c.1690-1720 and was used on shoes, gaiters and at the knee. A similar example is published in Whitehead (2003) page 103, No.663.
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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