CORN-698FA7: Post-medieval buckle fragment

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BUCKLE

Unique ID: CORN-698FA7

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Fragment of a cast tinned copper alloy shoe buckle frame, which would have originally been annular in plan and drilled for a separate spindle. The frame has an inner and outer border of interlaced floral design with chevrons running around the circular and lentoid openwork. The rest of the frame and the spindle, chape and pin are missing. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar exmaple n page 110, No.702, which is dated to c.1720-1790s. Read (1988) illustrates a similar example on page 175, No.1162, which is dated to c.1720-1790.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1720
Date to: AD 1800

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 27 mm
Width: 45 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 4.15 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st November 2007 - Thursday 29th November 2007

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Tin or tin alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: White metal coated

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: St. Minver Lowlands (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW9475
Four figure Latitude: 50.538403
Four figure longitude: -4.908508
1:25K map: SW9475
1:10K map: SW95NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Current location: returned to finder
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Read, B.	1988	History Beneath Our Feet (1988)	Braunton	Merlin	175,	No.1162
Whitehead, R.	1996	Buckles 1250-1800	Chelmsford	Greenlight Publishing	110,	No.702

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Recording Institution: CORN
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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