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Description: | A corroded post-Medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle (c. 1660-c. 1720).The pin and chape are missing.The frame is sub-rectangular in plan with rounded corners. In plan it has slightly convex outer edges and concave sides. It is moulded at the front and flat at the rear. At the front, the outer edges have decorative transverse grooves and one of the outer edges has a small pin rest. Flanking each side of the spindle housings there is a scroll. The iron spindle is missing. However it survives within the drilled holes.This buckle frame is slightly corroded and has patches of black lacquer.Length: 21.3mm; width: 16.2mm; thickness: 4.3mm. Weight: 2.28g.Similar buckles have been published and dated c. 1660-1720 (Whitehead 1996: 98-99).
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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