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Description: | A cast copper alloy double looped buckle of post-medieval date (1550-1650). The buckle frame is complete and is broadly sub-rectangular with pointed ends in plan with a slight integrally cast central bar to which a pin would have been attached. The pin is lost but would have been attached to the central bar by the terminal being folded back upon itself. The linear nature of the decoration provides a notch on the frame which could have acted as a pin rest. The frame of the buckle is decorated with a series of cast linear patterns at the mid point of the loop on both edges. The decoration is limited to the upper face and the reverse is plain and undecorated. The buckle is a mid - dark green colour with a polished but abraded patina which covers all surfaces. Movement in the ploughsoil has resulted in the buckle becoming asymmetrical, and slightly bowed in profile. Where the patina has been lost a light green powdery active corrosion is present. Similar examples to this buckle can be seen in Ross Whitehead's book 'Buckles 1250 - 1800' pages 64-65, specifically 397-400 which is almost identical to this example; Whitehead calls this design ' trui-lobed, trefoil moulding on the outer edge of each loop and at either end of the strap-bar'. Whitehead dates these to the early post medieval (Tudor and Stuart) period (1550-1650).The buckle frame measures 45.5mm long, 29.9mm wide, is 3.8mm thick and weighs 7.23 grams.
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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