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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy buckle of post-medieval date, circa AD 1660-1720. The frame has a silvery appearance, most notably on the reverse suggesting some white metal content or that the surface has been tinned. Only the buckle frame remains and the separate drilled spindle and pin are missing. The buckle is a trapezoidal shoe or knee buckle with a drilled frame that would have held the separate spindle. The buckle has concave notched ends with two circular perforations with a double-stranded bar between them. The frame has bifid concave sides that are flanked by a pointed knop. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The buckle has a mid-brown coloured patina on the front face and a shiny pencil grey coloured patina on the reverse.An identical example is illustrated in Whitehead (1996: page 98. No.613). These type of trapezoidal shoe or knee buckle is dated to AD 1660 - 1720. Whitehead suggests this type of trapezoidal frame with rounded ends and concave sides was used mainly for buckling shoes. There are similar buckles that have been recorded on the database, ESS-D78C1D was discovered in Essex and LANCUM-36F03E was discovered in Cumbria.The buckle is 36.13mm long, 24.17mm wide, 3.28mm thick and weighs 6.7g.Whitehead, R., (2003) Buckles 1250-1800. Chelmsford, Greenlight Publishing.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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