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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy double looped (spectacle) buckle of post-medieval date (1550-1650). The frame of the buckle is sub-rectangular (rectangular with angled corners) in plan with a central bar to which the pin (not present) would have fitted. In the centre of the buckle frame, either side of the axis bar, are two semi-circular floral decorated cast knops. At either end of the buckle are two triangular projections each is decorated with floral scrolls / moulded rosettes. The buckle measures 39.2mm long, 27.2mm wide and is 2.4mm thick. It weighs 4.3 grams.
The buckle is a light green grey colour with a broken and uneven patina that covers all surfaces. The majority of this patina has been chipped away probably by movement in the soil; this movement has resulted in the buckle being asymmetrical. Where the patina has been lost a light grey green corrosion is present. Similar examples to this buckle can be seen in Ross Whitehead's book 'Buckles 1250 - 1800', pages 60-72 specifically example 410 page (66).Whitehead suggests that these buckles date from the post medieval period (1550 - 1650). | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1550
1650 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Peter Reavill | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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