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Description: | A large cast copper-alloy double-looped post-medieval shoe or knee buckle dating from the late 17th to 18th century. The buckle is a two-piece type with an ornate moulded frame and a separate cast copper-alloy stud chape. The pin is also separate, formed from a folded strip of cut copper-alloy. The spindle on this buckle is integral to the frame. The frame is decorated with elaborate moulded floral decoration on the front with moulded knops at either end of the spindle. The reverse of the frame is plain. The attachment chape is formed from a folded strip of copper-alloy which also has moulded decoration on the front but not the bottom. Copper-alloy rivets attached this chape to the buckle strap, and whilst these are broken, traces of them remain in the top and bottom of the chape. The buckle frame measures 35.71 mm long, 27.45 mm wide and 4.6 mm thick. The chape measures 31.94 mm long and 15.4 mm wide. The complete buckle weighs 14.3 grams. The buckle has a dark grey patina with small areas of green. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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