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Description: | An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy sub-rectangular buckle (c. 1720-c. 1790).The spindle, pin and chape are missing.The frame has rounded corners and is moulded at the font and largely flat at the rear. In side view it is curved downwards from the centre to the outer edges. At the front, above each spindle hole there is a bulbous swelling to accommodate the spindle. Parts of the iron spindle survive within the holes. These are flanked on either side by a wide shallow groove. At each corner there is a raised curved feature.Length: 58.0mm; width: 47.6mm; thickness: 5.7mm. Weight: 15.81g.This frame has a green patina with small areas of corrosion. A similar shaped buckle has been illustrated and dated c. 1720-c. 1790 AD (Whitehead 1996: 104, ref: 667).Whitehead, R. 1996. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing, Witham.
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