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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy double loop oval buckle with moulded decoration on the loops, dating to the 16th/ 17th century, between AD 1500 ? 1650 (length: 58mm; width: 31mm; thickness at pin: 8mm; weight: 14.2g). The buckle has a single integrally cast knob in the centre at the outer edge of the buckle frame with a single knob also protruding from either side of the strap bar. On the front side, the buckle is D-shaped in section and is decorated with multiple and minute incised circles, some of which overlap and are placed quite irregularly (approximately thirty circles to each loop). These minute circles are interrupted by large circles or foliage depicted on the buckle frame where the two knobs along the outer frame occur, and where the pin would have rested. Additionally, at the same area but the inside of the buckle frame, there are two indentations either side which form part of the decoration. The cast copper alloy pin is still intact, which loops round the strap bar and extends fully to the outer buckle frame where the terminal of the pin curves inwards slightly. The back of the buckle is flat and undecorated. Overall, the buckle is in a slightly worn but fair condition with a dark green patina. A similar example (although without the incised decoration) is illustrated in Whitehead, R, 1996, ?Buckles 1250 ? 1800?, page 65, ref no 405. | 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 | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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