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Description: | A worn and incomplete copper alloy double-looped trapezoidal shaped buckle of post-medieval date. The remaining buckle loop is trapezoidal in shape measuring 20.43mmx13.38mm (one side has a small piece of the second loop attached W: 19.00mm). The upper and lower surfaces are undecorated but the loop that remains is obliquely angled on the interior edge. The strap bar is narrowed and extends slightly at either end of the frame. The pin consists of a triangular piece of sheet copper-alloy folded onto the pin bar where it remains in-situ measuring 14.91mm and tapering to a point. The buckle has corroded to a light grey colour with areas of off-white corrosion.The buckle frame is abraded with red copper corrosion otherwise there are mid grey shiny patches of patina. The buckle measures 29.19mm long and 22.88mm wide. It weighs 3.8g.Whitehead (Whitehead, R. 1996 Buckles 1250-1800 Greenlight Publishing) illustrates similar buckles, Nos. 506-509 and dates them to the late 16th to 17th centuries. Also see WAW-062004 on this database.
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