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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy double looped (spectacle) buckle of post-medieval date (1500-1650). 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 angular diamond shaped cast knops. The buckle measures 34.8mm long, 19.9mm wide and is 2.5mm thick. It weighs 3.21 grams.
The buckle is a light - mid green 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 becoming asymmetrical. Where the patina has been lost a light grey green corrosion is present. On end of the terminal has a mid brown encrusted corrosion product adhering to the surface, this may indicate that the pin was originally iron or that the soil the buckle frame was deposited in was rich in iron.. Similar examples to this buckle can be seen in Ross Whitehead's book 'Buckles 1250 - 1800', pages 52-56 specifically examples 401-403. Whitehead suggests that these buckles date from the post medieval period (1500 - 1650) and are used on personal dress. | 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: | 1500
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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