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Description: | Complete cast copper alloy double looped buckle of probable post-medieval date (1630-1690). In plan the buckle is broadly sub-rectangular with a slight central bar to which a pin would have been attached. The pin is missing and there is no evidence for a recessed pin rest on the frame. The frame of the buckle is plain and undecorated. The buckle measures 36.9mm long, 34.8mm wide, is 2.3mm thick and weighs 4.15 grams.The buckle is a mid green colour with an abraded patina which covers all surfaces. Movement in the ploughsoil has resulted in the buckle becoming asymmetrical, and slightly bowed in profile. Similar examples to this buckle can be seen in Ross Whitehead's book 'Buckles 1250 - 1800', pages 57-58, and a close comparison is example 332 or 327 dated by Whitehead to the period 1630-1690. He suggests that they may be associated with baldricks.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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