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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-498556
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy trapezoidal buckle frame (c. 1660-c. 1720).
The pin and chape are missing.
This frame is moulded at the front and flat at the rear.
In plan, it is has rounded corners and each outer edge is straight. The sides are straight and similar. At the centre of each side is a transverse ridge situated over the spindle hole. This ridge is flanked by a smaller ridge at either side. The bar is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear.
This frame is largely reddish brown with a fragment of iron attached to one end of the bar. There are patches of black lacquer on both faces.
Length: 23.62mm; width: 15.04mm; thickness: 3.04mm. Weight: 1.99g.
No direct parallel found. However, see buckle published and dated c.1660-1720 AD (Whitehead 1996: 99, ref: 624).
Whitehead, R. 1996. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing, Witham.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.62 mm
Width: 15.04 mm
Thickness: 3.04 mm
Weight: 1.99 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st August 2013 - Friday 1st November 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2014-2-172
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 1996 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 99 | 624 |
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