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Description: | A cast copper-alloy shoe buckle dating from the Medieval to Post Medieval period (AD 1400 - AD 1680). The buckle is double looped and sub-trapezoidal in shape with a drilled frame for a separate iron spindle. The frame has moulded bifid sides and incised lines at either end. A copper-alloy chape is still attached and the sub-triangular copper-alloy pin survives. At either end of the bar there are visible knops present. An example of this type of buckle can be seen in Whitehead, 1996, page 72, No 454. The buckle measures 27.2 mm long, 23.9 mm wide. It has a thickness of 4.6 mm and weighs 4.2 grams.The buckle is a mid brown to green in colour with an uneven patina. Abrasion caused by movement within the plough soil has resulted in the loss of some of the original surface detail. Reference:Whitehead, R. 1996. Buckles 1250 - 1800. Greenlight Publishing, Witham.
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