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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy double looped buckle of Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1690 - c. AD 1720). Length: 43.4mm; width: 30.0mm; thickness: 6.9mm: weight: 13.55g.The frame is rectangular and symmetrical and has rounded corners in plan. It is convex at the front and flat at the rear. In side profile, it curves downwards at each side from the centre, where the spindle is situated. Each outside edge is slightly wider than the sides. At the front, close to the outer edge of the frame, there is a decorative groove that follows the outline profile. A slightly raised moulded line at the inner side of each side curves around to the outside edges to form a weak 'scroll'. The centrally situated iron spindle is intact and retains a complete copper alloy pin and an incomplete copper alloy chape. The pin is an elongated triangular shape in plan and is mainly 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear. The chape is largely flat and the outside edge is missing due to two old breaks.The copper alloy elements of this buckle generally have a shiny mid-green patina which has a silvery appearance, so it may have a high tin content. It is partially corroded in places overall and there are deposits of iron corrosion on the frame around the vicinity of the spindle and also on the pin and chape.
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