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Description: | Cast copper alloy knee buckle, rectangular in plan and lozenge-shaped in section, with drilled holes for a separate copper alloy spindle. The spindle still holds a double-spiked tongue with two crossed swords (like the Wilkinson Sword trademark) between the spikes, and a T-shaped chape. The words SWORD and MAKE are also stamped on the back of the frame, on each of the two longer sides. If the buckle is associated with a military uniform, it was probably attached to fabric rather than leather, due the more delicate nature of the chape.Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar example on page 111, No.712, which is dated to c.1720-1790s.Read (1988) illustrates a similar example on page 176, No.1198, which is dated to c.1720-1790.Cuddeford (1996) illustrates a similar example on page 32, Letter k, which he refers to as a small variety with a complex mechanism and a wide range of types, and dates from the 18th to the 20th century.The stamps and trademark on this buckle suggest that it may also be one of these later types and therefore 19th-century in date.
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