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Description: | An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy double-looped buckle (c. 1500-c. 1650).The pin is missing.This buckle frame is symmetrical in plan, moulded at the front and flat at the rear. Each loop is similar in size and sub-oval in plan. At each outer there is a projecting roundel or rosette. The central narrowed bar is triangular in cross-section, flat at the rear. At each end of the bar there is a small knop. Viewed from the side, each loop slants upwards from the bar to the outer edge at an angle of about 5°.The buckle frame is corroded and generally green with traces of black lacquer at the front and rear. Iron staining can also be seen.Length: 47.3mm; width: 28.9mm; thickness: 3.6mm. Weight: 8.32g.Similar buckles have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds with outer edges recorded as roundels: BH-034C28; BUC-E26775; DENO-0EB413; DOR-746643; HAMP-DA33C4; IOW-9FEA82; LVPL-0D9B11; SUSS-A236C1 and YORYM-234C9D.See finds with outer edges recorded as rosettes: CORN-4B6FCF; ESS-D64241; IOW-C56827; IOW-F2DDF1; LIN-A73E65; LON-24FD19; PUBLIC-4B6732; SF-B4C193; SOM-A5DBB5; SUR-DC2900; SWYOR-5E885F; WMID-712FB8 and YORYM-234C9D.Similar buckles have been published (Whitehead 2003: 63, 66, refs: 377-378, 407-408).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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