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Description: | A complete but broken, cast copper-alloy buckle, dating to the Post Medieval period (c. 1690-c. 1720 AD). The buckle comprises of an oval frame, separate iron spindle and pin attached to a chape. The insides of the outer edges are curved in plan. At the centre, the frame is thickened and drilled to accommodate the spindle. The chape is now separate to the frame due to corrosion of the iron spindle, although the break is likely to have happened post-deposition. The chape is of the 'cooking pot' type (Whitehead type V); trapezoidal in shape with a triangular spike on the inner side of the largest (outer) edge and the narrowed end perforated to accomodate the spindle. The pin is integral to the chape and is triangular, extending from the other side of the spindle to the chape.The frame measures 29.2mm in length, 22.6mm in width, 5.0mm in thickness and weighs 6.77g. The chape measures 27.8mm in length, 20.4mm in width, 4.1mm in thickness and weighs 3.06g. Total weight of buckle: 9.83g.Whitehead (2003; 'Buckles 1250-1800', Greenlight Publishing, Witham) illustrates a similar buckle , no. 662 (pg. 103), which he dates to between 1690 and 1720 AD.
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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