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Description: | A post-medieval copper-alloy buckle with separate pin and stud chape surviving largely intact. The frame of the buckle is symmetrical, comprising two roughly 'D-shaped' sides which curve downwards in profile either side of the axis bar. At the centre of the two horizontal sides of the frame there are two opposing, 'bow-shaped' mouldings. At the centre of each of the two curved outer ends is a moulding with engraved, opposing oblique lines, which at one end acts as a pin rest with central groove. The central axis bar is contained within two opposing holes in the frame, above which three lobed knops. The spindle is of iron, with some traces of corrosion product visible. A separate stud chape is retained by attached by the axis bar, which sits within a cylindrical sleeve at the chape's inner end. The inner portion of the chape tapers gradually, after which point the sides converge before terminating in a rounded end with a perforation which has broken through, presumably to which the separate stud was rivetted. The lower surface of the chape bears a stamped maker's mark: the letters G H. A flattened and tapering pin has been looped around the central point of the axis bar, its attachment contained within a slot in the aforementioned chape's cylinder. The buckle has a dark-green patina which largely survives well. For similar buckles see Whitehead (2003, 98-99), described as shoe- or knee-buckles dating from the late 17th to early 18th century.
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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