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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy Post Medieval trapezoidal shoe or knee buckle, c. 1660-1720 AD. The buckle consists of a trapezoidal drilled buckle frame, holding a central spindle, pin and chape, all intact. The frame has four lobed knops on each outer edge of the frame and three lobed knops over each spindle hole. The cast copper alloy chape is sub-triangular in plan with an integrally-cast circular rivet on the end, which would have connected the buckle to the belt strap. It is stamped near its hinge with a rectangular cartouche bearing makers mark 'SC'. A gap in the centre of the chape allows the pin to fit onto the spindle and both pieces would have rotated freely. A heavy degree of iron corrosion coming from underneath these copper alloy components confirms that the spindle itself was composed of iron; this corrosion has fixed the chape and pin in place. The buckle frame is curved to fit to the surface of a shoe or knee. The buckle frame measures 40.7 mm long, 28.3 mm wide (at centre spindle) and is approximately 5 mm thick; including all components, the overall buckle measures 51.6 mm long. It weighs 15.1 grams. A similar example can be seen in Whitehead 2003, p98, No. 609.
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