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Description: | A cast copper double looped oval shaped buckle. The loops are decorated at the apex with a groove as a notch. The edges on the upper face of the frame are semi-circular in section. The upper and lower edges of the loops are concave. The loops expand slightly in width towards the apex which is slightly pointed. The reverse of the frame is undecorated and flat. The strap bar is narrowed, and is semi-circular in section. The pin is missing. In profile the buckle is slightly twisted, but this is not intentional. The buckle frame has traces of a mid to dark green patina. The buckle measures 33.75mm long and 29.1mm wide. It weighs 4.7g. Egan and Pritchard (2002 Dress Accessories Boydell Press) date a similar shaped buckles (No. 334) to the mid 14th to mid 15th century, but this example does not have the flattened edges. Whitehead (Whitehead, R. 1996 Buckles 1250-1800 Greenlight Publishing) illustrates a similar buckle, No. 322, with the straightened edges and dates it to the 16th to mid 17th century. The surface condition of the recorded example does suggest a Post Medieval date is more likely.
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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