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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-BE1B75
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy double-looped buckle frame, both loops oval, with a lobe at the ends of the bar. There are slight traces on black lacquer. Foliar decoration moulded in low relief, including a sexfoil in the centre of both edges is close to that on a larger example from Oxfordshire (SUR-4A4BA4). On the bar some ferrous staining may be from the pin and/or plate. 38 x 22.8mm. c.1500 - c.1650.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38 mm
Width: 22.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014 - Monday 24th March 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 30883
Other reference: BM032014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Painted
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
To be known as: near Fakenham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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