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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SUSS-9F5235
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval cast copper alloy 'anchor' shaped chape from a two part buckle. The chape has two broken cylindrical attachments at one side which would have held the spindle of the buckle with a slot for the pin between them. The rest of the chape is flat, narrowing slightly away from the spindle attachments before narrowing more abruptly into a waist from which is curves out to either side forming an 'anchor'. The anchor end has a rounded lobe to either side flanking three projecting knops in the centre of the outer edge (the edge opposite the spindle attachments), the centre knop is larger than the other two. On one side is a makers mark 'IT' within a heart or shield. It is 26.4mm long, 21.4mm wide, 1.3mm thick and weighs 2.14 grams.
Anchor chapes were popular from about 1660 to 1720 AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.4 mm
Width: 21.4 mm
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Weight: 2.14 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 4th February 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Redgrave
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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