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Description: | A complete copper alloy trapezoidal buckle frame, of Post medieval dating (c. AD 1660 to c. AD 1720).The buckle frame is a trapezoidal shoe or knee buckle type, with a drilled frame for a separate spindle, decorated with floral openwork in four apertures. The frame has concave, bifid sides and a lobed knop over each spindle hole. A pin rest is present on the external loops as a V shaped groove. The spindle is present. The chape and the pin are missing . The reverse is flat and undecorated.The buckle is a dark grey colour, with an even surface patina.The buckle measures 33.3 mm in length, 22.7 mm wide and 4.9 mm thick. It weighs 7.7 grams.A similar example is published as #623 in Whitehead (1995, p99), which has been dated to c. AD 1660 to AD 1720.Reference:Whitehead, R. 1996. Buckles 1250 - 1800. Greenlight Publishing, Witham.
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