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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-5DD292
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a post-Medieval cast copper-alloy sub-rectangular shoe or knee buckle (c. 1720-c. 1790).
This buckle fragment is convex at the front and flat at the rear. It is one outer edge and a small portion of the side. The outer edge is stepped on the upper surface.
This buckle has a shiny silvery green patina and each break is old.
Length: 19.85mm; width: 37.56mm; thickness: 2.31mm. Weight: 6.07g.
A similar buckle has been published and dated c. 1720-c. 1790 AD (Whitehead 1996: 111. ref: 709).
Whitehead, R. 1993. 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 1720
Date to: Circa AD 1790
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.85 mm
Width: 37.56 mm
Thickness: 2.31 mm
Weight: 6.07 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st August 2013 - Friday 1st November 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2014-2-179
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
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 | 111 | 709 |
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