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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-61B234
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A post-Medieval cast copper-alloy asymmetrical double-looped buckle frame (c. 1575-c. 1700 AD).
This buckle frame is moulded at the front and flat at the rear. One loop of the buckle has a rounded outer edge with two projecting lobed knops, one at each corner. The other loop is trapezoidal with five equally-spaced transverse notches on the outer edge which form six lobed knops. The upper face is bevelled both internally and externally to the loops. The bar is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear. Iron staining on the bar indicates that the missing pin was probably made of iron.
24.1 x 19.6 x 2.3mm. Weight: 2.49g.
This buckle has traces of tinning at the front and back. Similar buckles have been dated c. 1575-c. 1700 (Whitehead 1996: 92, refs: 575-577).
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: 24.1 mm
Width: 19.6 mm
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 2.49 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 21st December 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2012-1-15
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
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 | 92 | 575-577 |
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