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Description: | A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy buckle with a separate pin and stud chape (c. 1660-c. 1720).The plain frame of the buckle is symmetrical in plan and has two similar loops which slope downwards either side of the axis bar in profile The corners of the frame are rounded. The central iron spindle or axis bar is contained within two drilled holes at the thickest part of the frame at its centre. The separate copper-alloy stud chape and copper-alloy pin are held in place by the spindle which sits within a cylindrical sleeve at the chape's inner end. The inner portion of the chape is parallel-sided, after which point the sides converge before terminating in a rounded end to which the separate stud with a domed top has been riveted. A tapering copper-alloy pin, convex on both faces, is situated centrally within the slot of the chape cylinder.This buckle is reddish brown with patches of green corrosion products. The pin, chape and spindle are fused together.Overall dimensions: Length: 34.6mm; width: 20.0mm; thickness: 6.9mm. Weight: 5.99g.Frame: length: 25.3mm; width: 20.0mm; thickness: 3.9mm.Length of stud chape: 22.4mm; diameter of stud: 6.8mm; length of pin: 12.0mm.A similar buckle has been published and dated c. 1660-c. 1720 AD (Whitehead 2003: 99, ref: 626).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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