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Description: | A cast copper alloy, double loop, rectangular buckle dating from the post-Medieval period, about AD 1550 - 1700. The frame is bevelled on the upper side and flat on the reverse. The outer edges of the loops are extended into triangles, and the sides are angled slightly inwards towards a central strap bar. There is a hemispherical knop at each end of the strap bar. There is no decoration except an incised border line. The buckle has a light brown patina. It is 39.4mm long, 21.5mm wide and 2.3mm thick. It weighs 4.22gm.Identical buckles are illustrated in both Meols (plate 44, number 2999) and Whitehead, 2003, Buckles 1250 - 1800, page 82, number 513.
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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