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BUCKLE
Unique ID: WMID-196944
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy sub rectangular openwork buckle frame, with a separate spindle, of Post medieval dating (c. 1720s - c. 1790s AD).
Approximately 25% of the buckle frame is present. The pin, spindle and buckle plate are missing. The frame is L shaped in plan. It consists of an openwork design, with rectangular holds at the cardinal points. The decorations consists of alternating ring & dots with sub rectangular sections between them. The reverse is plain and undecorated.
The buckle frame is a mid to dark green colour, with an even surface patina.
It measures 21.31 in length, 17.85mm wide and 2.98mm thick. It weighs 2.5 grams.
No direct parallel has been found for this buckle frame yet, but the size and style of decoration suggests that it is similar to #684 in Whitehead (2003, 107), and is probably of Post Medieval dating (c.1720s to c. 1790s AD).
Reference:
Whitehead, R. 2003. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing. Witham
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1720
Date to: Circa AD 1790
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.31 mm
Width: 17.85 mm
Thickness: 2.98 mm
Weight: 2.5 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Cannock Chase (District)
Parish or ward: Cannock South (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ9709
Four figure Latitude: 52.67869095
Four figure longitude: -2.04580874
1:25K map: SJ9709
1:10K map: SJ90NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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