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Description: | A cast pewter / tombac double looped buckle of post-medieval date (1660-1720). The buckle frame is broadly sub-rectangular with rounded corners and openwork frame; in profile the frame is bowed. The frame is drilled at the mid point to take an iron spindle (surviving but heavily corroded). The pin was formed from a length of iron wire (heavily corroded) and the strap plate from a rectangular sheet of folded copper alloy. There is no evidence for a recessed pin rest. The mid point of both the long edges is curved inwards forming C shaped indentations with projecting tips. The short sides are formed from two D shaped hoops between which is a circlet, with incised tooling. The metal is a mid grey silver colour with a well formed and preserved patina. Close parallels can be seen whitehead page 99 (specifically 623); he suggests that they were used at both the knee and for the shoe. They date from the period 1660-1720 ADThe buckle frame measures 35.4mm long, 22.5mm wide, is 5.4mm thick and weighs 9.77 grams.
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