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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy trapezoidal buckle, with a drilled frame, of Post Medieval dating (AD 1660 to AD 1720).The buckle frame is complete. The spindle, chape and pin are incomplete. The buckle frame is trapezoidal in plan, with a drilled frame, for a separate spindle. The frame exhibits moulded decoration. The pin rest moulding consists of engraved opposing oblique lines, imitating either a scallop shell, leaf or a crown. Curvilinear decoration is present along the top and bottom edges, ending with curls at each corner. Rectangular knops are present around the spindle holes. The pin is present and consists of a triangular piece of iron with a blunt point. The chape is incomplete, consisting of the top part only, the terminal is missing. Traces of iron corrosion products are present around the pin and spindle holes, indicating that the spindle may be made from iron.The buckle frame measures 32.0 mm in length, 23.3 mm wide and 6.2 mm thick. It weighs 7.8 grams.The buckle frame is a dark grey colour, with an even surface patina. Abrasion, caused by movement whilst within the plough soil, has resulted in a loss of some of the original surface detail.No direct parallel to the decoration on this buckle frame has been found at the time of recording. It is of the trapezoidal buckle with a drilled frame for a separate spindle type, which is consistent with a Post Medieval dating of c. AD 1660 to c. AD 1720 (Whitehead, 1996, p98).Reference:Whitehead, R. 1996. Buckles 1250 to 1800. Greenlight Publishing. Witham.
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