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Description: | A complete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy buckle chape (c. 1690-c. 1720).The frame is rectangular in cross-section. It has a curving outer edge with concave sides and a single tapering spike on the inner side of the outer edge. The base of the frame is formed of two cylinders with a space between them. The cylinders contain portions of a copper-alloy spindle. Part of a maker's name can be seen on the base of the frame: B (or D) RAE (or F)This chape is in poor condition. The metal is reddish brown and has traces of a green patina.Length: 32.7mm; width: 39.7mm; thickness of cylinders: 5.3mm. Weight: 9.35g.Whitehead (1996, pages 96-97) suggests that such chapes date from c. 1690-c. 1720 AD.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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