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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SWYOR-6EEF64
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A part of a Post Medieval Buckle dating from about 1660 - 1720 and made of copper alloy. It appears to have been a single looped buckle and most of the frame survives but only a tiny part of the bar. The breaks are exceedingly worn, so the possibility that it was a double looped buckle cannot be ruled out.
The outer edge if convex and is decorated with a border of punched dots. The wide frame is decorated with punched lines forming leaf motifs, and depressed dots surrounded by rings. The designs contain surviving gilding. The sides of the frame are bi-concave, and there is a slight knop at the end of the bar. The pin and plate are missing.
Length 20.92mm, Width 26.49mm, Thickness 2.42mm, Weight 3.98g
The buckle has similarities to those on page 98 and 99 of Buckles By Ross Whitehead.
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 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.92 mm
Width: 26.49 mm
Thickness: 2.42 mm
Weight: 3.98 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 27th January 2011 - Thursday 26th January 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Doncaster Entry Form No. 00946
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
References cited
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