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BUCKLE
Unique ID: HAMP-762871
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy double-oval buckle frame of post-medieval date (c.1550-1650), missing most of one loop and the pin.
The surviving loop is decorated with prominent mouldings to the outside edge - a central V-shaped moulding would have acted as a pin rest. This is flanked by double transverse ridges, with a further pair of ridges in each corner. The outside edge is curving in profile. The pin bar is trapezoidal in cross-section with traces of orange/brown corrosion product at its centre and around the centre of the outside edge, suggesting that the pin was made of iron.
The frame has a dark-grey/green patina.
A similar buckle, though with different mouldings, can be found illustrated in Whitehead (2003, 61; ref. 358).
Measures 25.87x30.81mm (internal surviving loop 19.64x31.24mm) and weighs 2.69g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.87 mm
Width: 30.81 mm
Weight: 2.69 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Winchester Museums Entry Form No. 3829
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: East Hampshire (District)
To be known as: Steep
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 61 | ref. 358 |
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