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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy double looped (spectacle) buckle frame of Post Medieval dating (1550 to 1650 AD).The buckle frame is complete and is broadly sub-rectangular 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. There is no evidence for a recessed pin rest on the frame. At the mid point of the loop on both edges are relatively crude cast flowers or rosettes. A triangular knop is present at either end of the strap bar. The decoration is limited to the upper face and the reverse is plain and undecorated. There is slight evidence of an applied surface present; probably tinning or silvering, a grey black coloured surface is present on some edges.The buckle is a mid to dark 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.The buckle measures 36.46mm long, 22.44mm wide, is 3.75mm thick and weighs 4.8 grams.Similar examples to this buckle can be seen in Whitehead (2003, 66) as #407, #408 and #410. Whitehead has dated these to the Early Post Medieval Period (c.1550 to c.1650 AD).Reference:Whitehead, R. 2003. Buckles 1250 to 1800. Greenlight Publishing. Witham.
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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