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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-EFC57C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post-Medieval asymmetrical double looped buckle frame (c. 1575-c. 1700).
The pin is missing.
This frame is sub-rectangular in plan and cross-section. It is convex at the front and flat at the rear. One loop is rectangular and the other loop is roughly 'D'-shaped. The outer edge of the 'D'-shaped loop has a central pin rest. The narrowed off-set bar is triangular in cross-section. At each end of the integral bar there is a decorative swelling on the upper face.
This frame has a brown patina with small areas of corrosion.
Length: 31.9mm; width: 21.9mm; thickness: 4.0mm. Weight: 3.66g.
A similar buckle has been published and dated c. 1575-1700 AD (Whitehead 2003: 91, ref: 569).
Whitehead, R. 1996. Buckles 1250 - 1800. Greenlight Publishing, Witham.
Class: Double-looped
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1575
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.9 mm
Width: 21.9 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 3.66 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2014-4-219
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
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: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 91 | 569 |
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