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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-A75114
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Medieval to post-Medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped annular buckle with moulded floral shape.
The pin is missing.
The buckle is in the form of a stylised five-petalled flower head, with double lobed petals of equal size and regularly spaced.
On the upper face, the outside edge of each petal has been defined with a raised ridge and the inner parts of the petals have parallel ridges and grooves. It has a narrowed strap bar, 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat the rear. The rear face of the frame is flat.
This buckle frame has a dark olive green patina with small patches of corrosion.
28.75 x 27.67 x 2.52mm. Weight: 5.98g.
Similar buckles have been published and dated c. 1450-1550 AD (Whitehead (1996: 47; refs: 272-274); (Margeson 1993: 29; ref. 157).
Class: rose
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.57 mm
Width: 27.67 mm
Thickness: 2.52 mm
Weight: 5.98 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 25th March 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2012-2-173
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margeson, S. | 1993 | Norwich Households: Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78 | Norwich | East Anglian Archaeology | 29 | 157 | |
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 47 | 272-274 |
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