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Description: | A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy double-looped buckle (c. 1500-c. 1650).The frame is symmetrical in plan and the sub-oval loops are of similar size and shape. The upper face is bevelled externally and the rear face is flat and bevelled internally. The outer edges are pointed and each has a pin-rest on the upper face. The bevelled shaft of the tapering pin is pentagonal in cross-section, flat at the rear. The bevels of the pin and the underside of the frame have file marks.The frame has a shiny dark green patina and the pin has a lighter green patina. Both are slightly corroded.Frame: length: 40.2mm; width: 23.6mm; thickness: 2.7mm.Pin: length: 20.6mm; width of loop: 4.0mm.Overall weight: 7.63g.Similar buckles have been published and dated c. 1500-1650 AD (Whitehead 2003: 55, refs: 314, 315).Whitehead, R. 2003. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing, Witham.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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