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Description: | A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy buckle with a separate pin and stud chape (c. 1660-c. 1720).The frame of the buckle is symmetrical in plan and has two similar loops which slope downwards either side of the axis bar in profile. At the centre of the two horizontal sides of the frame there are four transverse parallel decorative grooves. At each outer edge there are five oblique decorative grooves.The central copper-alloy spindle is contained within two drilled holes at the thickest part of the frame at its centre. The separate copper-alloy stud chape and copper-alloy pin are held in place by the spindle which sits within a cylindrical sleeve at the chape's inner end. The inner portion of the chape is parallel-sided, after which point the sides converge before terminating in a rounded end to which the separate stud with a domed top has been riveted. The upper surface of the chape has an incised or stamped floral motif which may be a maker's mark and the upper face of the stud has moulded pellets. A tapering copper-alloy pin, convex on both faces, is situated centrally within the slot of the chape cylinder.This buckle has a patchy green patina with some small areas of corrosion. The pin, chape and spindle are free moving.Overall dimensions: Length: 31.33mm; width: 17.90mm; thickness: 6.14mm. Weight: 5.01g.Frame: length: 24.29mm; width: 17.90mm; thickness: 4.29mm.Length of stud chape: 21.58mm; diameter of stud: 7.23mm; length of pin: 11.08mm.A similar buckle has been published and dated c. 1660-c. 1720 AD (Whitehead 1996: 99, ref: 626).Whitehead, R. 1996. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing, Witham.
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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