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Description: | A partial Cast copper alloy Artois Style two piece shoe buckle with openwork decoration.Dates c.1720 - c1790s,Only approx 33% of the original buckle remains.Weight : 6.83 grmsWidth : 57 mmLength ( partial only half of original length) 34 mmA strip of white metalling is visible along the frame beside one of the cut out perforations, the white metalling strip measures 11.90mm in length and 1.59mm width. Other smaller areas of white metalling is visible in small patches on the frame but not of a significant size.On the frame there is a circular raised moulded groove cast ( as part of the frame) where the pin would of sat, which lies between the two cut out perforations on the width of the frame, the depth is 5.30mm and width before tapers to frame is 14.08mm. The diameter of the pin rest is 2.57mm.A similar one can be seen in Ross Whitehead's book Buckles 1250-1800, page 107, plate 685.Another similar record can be found at record CPAT-4321A7-BUCKLE who advises that "The buckle is of the 'Artois' style, so named after the Comte d'Artois who introduced them whilst he was the Ambassador to England in the late 18th century"
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