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Description: | A cast copper alloy asymmetrical buckle of probable post-medieval date. The buckle has moulded knops on the outer corners of the rounded loop, and also on either end of the strap bar, though one is missing due to damage. The rectangular loop is moulded with five grooves creating six small rounded decorative bumps. Both the inside and outside edges of the buckle are slightly bevelled. The patina is dark-mid brown and the overall condition of the artefact is good.Buckles of this type were common throughout the late medieval and post-medieval period, particularly in the 16th and 17th centuries, and were used for a number of purposes. Whitehead (2003) has suggested they were popular as spur buckles, though expalins that there were likely many other uses. For a similar artefact, see Whitehead, 2003: 86 - No.577.Dimensions: weight 1.9g, length 25mm, width (at centre strap bar) 18mmReferences: Whitehead, R. 2003. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing, Essex
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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