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Description: | An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy buckle (c. 1660-c. 1720).The chape and pin are missing.This buckle frame is sub-rectangular in plan, convex at the front and flat at the rear. It is curved downwards in side profile. Each outer edge is decorated with radiating grooves resembling a shell. At each side, over the drilled hole, there are also radiating grooves. One of the drill holes contains the remains of an iron spindle.This buckle frame has a green patina and is slightly corroded in places.Length: 20.9mm; width: 19.9mm; thickness at centre: 3.6mm. Weight: 1.79g.A similar buckle has been published and dated c. 1660-c. 1720 (Whitehead 1996: 99, ref: 620).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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