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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle of post-medieval date. The buckle is a trapezoidal shoe or knee buckle with a drilled frame for a separate spindle. The sides are concaves and the outer curved edges are ribbed. The pin remains in tact and is triangular in plan. A chape is also present around the spindle though the terminal no longer survives.The metal has a mid reddish-brown patina and is worn. The buckle is 21.1mm long, 17.6mm wide, 3.2mm thick and weighs 3.1g.A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead, p.99, no.624 and is dated to circa 1660 - 1720.
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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