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Description: | A complete copper alloy two piece buckle frame and plate of the Post Medieval period dating from c. AD 1550 - AD 1650. The object consists of a double loop oval buckle frame with a lobed knop at either end of the narrowed strap bar. Attached to the frame at the strap bar is an unrecessed plate with tapering sides, a trilobed end and two rivets; the plate is cast from a single sheet and then folded in half to create two symmetrical segments. The plate has a central gap on the end folded around the strap bar, in order to hold the pin, where a rectangular sectioned, triangular pin sits. The pin is a single piece of copper alloy which has been folded round the strap bar. The front of the buckle and plate are decorated with all-over moulded vine scroll decoration. The remains of two circular rivets are visible on both sides of the buckle plate, but the inner shafts are missing. The buckle frame measures 27.6 mm in length and is 35.7 mm wide. It has a thickness of 3.9 mm. The buckle plate measures 31.3 mm in length and is 16.0 mm wide. It has a minimum thickness of 2.2 mm and a maximum thickness of 7.9 mm. The pin measures 18.9 mm in length and is 7.5 mm wide. It has a thickness of 1.8 mm. The whole buckle measures 45.7 mm wide and weighs 14.1 g. The buckle is a dark green in colour with an even surface patina. Abrasion caused by movement whilst within the plough soil may have resulted in the loss of some of the original surface detail. Similar examples have been recorded in Whitehead (1996), page 68, No 423. Other similar examples have been recorded on the PAS database including SUSS-6ADB33 and SUSS-E5A6D4.
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