CORN-AF6A85: Post-medieval spectacle buckle

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BUCKLE

Unique ID: CORN-AF6A85

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Incomplete cast copper alloy double-loop D-shaped spectacle buckle frame with moulded knops either end of the strap bar. The strap bar is narrowed and flush with the frame and the knops have raised lozenge-shaped mouldings. The strap bar is broken half way along its length so that the pin is now missing, along with one of the loops. The frame is semi-circular in section, with a flat base and convex upper face. The outer edges of the frame are slightly expanded, and the inner edges are bevelled. The remaining loop has three transverse incised lines on its outer edge, which the pin may have rested on. There are traces of black lacquer on all of the surfaces of the buckle frame. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar example on page 54, No.306, which is dated to c.1500-1650.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 27 mm
Width: 24 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 3.28 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st March 2009 - Thursday 30th April 2009

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Paul (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW4626
Four figure Latitude: 50.079713
Four figure longitude: -5.551678
1:25K map: SW4626
1:10K map: SW46NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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
Whitehead, R.	1996	Buckles 1250-1800	Chelmsford	Greenlight Publishing	54,	No.306

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Recording Institution: CORN
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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