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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy buckle of post-medieval date. The buckle is a trapezoidal shoe or knee buckle of with a drilled frame for a separate spindle. The sides of the frame are decorated with moulded bifid knops around the spindle holes both of which are encrusted with iron corrosion. The loops of the frame have moulded pin rests flanked by radiating sprayed grooves.The metal has a mid greyish-green patina and is worn. The buckle is 37.4mm long, 23.8mm wide, 7.1mm thick and weighs 8.5g.Similar examples are illustrated in Whitehead, p.99 and are dated to circa AD 1660 - 1720.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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