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Description: | A post-Medieval cast copper-alloy buckle chape and pin (c. 1720-1770 AD). In plan, the chape frame is sub-oval and has a single internal spike. It has two hollow lugs that accommodate an iron spindle. Between the lugs a copper-alloy pin is secured by the spindle. The pin is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear.It has no patina and is a dull brown colour.Overall length: 53.17mm. Length of frame: 30.83mm; width of frame: 42.36mm; thickness of frame: 4.97mm; length of pin: 28.86mm. Weight: 12.96g.The buckle frame that would have attached to this type of chape would have been for a Georgian shoe buckle, dating from the 1720s to the 1770s. 'Shoe buckles were fastened further down the instep as they increased in size after 1720. The loop chape with two inner spikes and a pitchfork double tongue was the most widely used method of securing medium to large sized shoe buckles between c. 1720-1770' (Whitehead, 1996, p.103). It should be noted, however, that this chape has only one spike.
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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