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Description: | A cast copper alloy chape from a buckle, dating to the Post Medieval period (probably c. 1660-1720 AD). The chape is formed of a main broadly triangular shaped plate with the point extending into a long tapering neck, terminating in a rounded knop. A circular sectioned stud projects from the back of the knop. The opposite straight edge is bent around to form a circular tube, with a rectangular slot in the centre. Originally this would have had an iron spindle fitted through it, holding both the pin and chape. Iron corrosion is present in the central slot and the vertical tube.For a close parallel see whitehead page 99-103 who illustrates many of these, the best parallel is example 663. Whitehead suggests that they were used at both the knee and for the shoe. They date from the period 1660-1720 AD most likely 1690-1720,The chape measures 29.2mm in length, 14.1mm in width, 7.9mm in thickness including the stud and weighs 3.45g.
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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