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Description: | A cast copper alloy double looped spectacle buckle frame dating to the Medieval to Post Medieval periods. The centre bar is very corroded but is trapezoidal in cross section. The pin is missing. On the ends of each of the loops are three incised decorative lines which radiate from the centre of the buckle. The inside edges of the loops are beveled. Finds from London indicate a broad date range with examples published including Egan G and Pritchard F, 1993, Dress Accessories p 82-6, cf no.331 and 349 and Egan, G, 2005 Material culture in an age of transition, p35, cf. no. 93.A similar buckle is recorded under DOR-F98561Dimensions: 31.68 mm x 27.27 mm x 1.87 mmWeight: 4.80g
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