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<created>
<createdon>2012-02-01 15:06:38</createdon>
<createdby>
<appellation>
<name>Vanessa Oakden</name>
<identifier namespace="PAS">voakden</identifier></appellation>
</createdby>
</created>
<lastupdated>
<lastupdatedon>2012-02-06 12:06:00</lastupdatedon>
<lastupdatedby>
<appellation><name>Vanessa Oakden</name>
<identifier namespace="PAS">voakden</identifier>
</appellation>
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<appellation>
<identifier namespace="PAS">LVPL-954FE2</identifier>
</appellation>
<character>
<objecttype certainty="Certain">
BUCKLE</objecttype>
<descriptions>
<description>
<full>
Cast copper alloy double looped buckle dating to the Post&#45;Medieval period. The frame is decorated with an expanded rounded knop which is notched at each end. At either end of the strap bar is a lobed knop. The narrowed and recessed strap bar is decorated with moulded transverse ridges. The frame is decorated with punched dot decoration. The remains of gilding can be seen. There is some iron corrosion on the strap bar and at one end of the frame indicating an iron pin was used. The rear of the object is flat and undecorated. Similar examples can be found in Whitehead, (2003), p63. It can be dated from c.1550&#45;1650.</full>
<summary>
Cast copper alloy double looped buckle dating to the Post&#45;Medieval period. The frame is decorated with an expanded rounded knop which is notched at each end. At either end of the strap bar is a lobed knop. The narrowed and recessed strap bar is decorated with moulded transverse ridges. The frame...</summary>
<notes></notes>
</description>
</descriptions>
<manufacture>
<materials>
<material>Copper alloy</material>
</materials>
<technique>Cast</technique>
<temporal>
<span>
<display>
<appellation type="broadperiod">POST MEDIEVAL</appellation>
<appellation type="periodFrom"></appellation>
<appellation type="subperiodFrom"></appellation>
<appellation type="periodTo"></appellation>
<appellation type="subperiodTo"></appellation>
</display>
<start><appellation type="date" qualifier="circa">1550</appellation></start>
<end><appellation type="date" qualifier="circa">1650</appellation></end>
</span>
</temporal>
</manufacture>
<measurements>
<measurement units="mm" type="width">45.97</measurement>
<measurement units="mm" type="diameter"></measurement>
<measurement units="mm" type="height"></measurement>
<measurement units="mm" type="length">31.33</measurement>
<measurement units="mm" type="thickness">3.22</measurement>
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<decorations>
<decoration type="inscription"></decoration>
<decoration type="method"></decoration>
<decoration type="style"></decoration>
<decoration type="surface treatement"></decoration>
</decorations>
</character>
<condition>
<state>
Good</state>
<completeness>
Incomplete</completeness>
</condition>
<activities>
<activity type="recording">
<temporal>
<span>
<start>
<appellation type="datetime">
2012-02-01 15:06:38</appellation>
</start>
</span>
</temporal>
</activity>
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<discovery>
<actor></actor>
<spatial>
<place>
<namedplace>
<location type="county" namespace="EH_CDP98">CHESHIRE</location>
<location type="district">CHESTER</location>
<location type="parish"></location>
</namedplace>
</place>
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<quickpoint>
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POINT( )
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<capturemethod>
Calculated from postcode</capturemethod>
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<representation namespace="O.S.1:10000">
SJ37SE 
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<representation namespace="O.S.1:25000">
SJ3870 
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<temporal>
<span>
<start>
<appellation type="date" qualifier="exactly">
29.06.2003
</appellation>
</start>
</span>
</temporal>
<method>Metal detector</method>
<circumstance>Found while metal detecting</circumstance>
</discovery>
<quantity>1</quantity>
<rights>
<copyright>
<holder>LVPL</holder> 
<statement>Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme</statement>
<year>2012</year>
</copyright>
<accessrights>
<grantedto></grantedto>
<conditions></conditions>
<statement></statement>
</accessrights>
<reproductionrights>
<statement>These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited.</statement>
<contact>The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk</contact>
<fees>No fees are applicable.</fees>
</reproductionrights>
</rights>
<objectannex>
<ruler></ruler>
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