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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-A10107
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete post-Medieval cast-copper-alloy double-looped buckle (c. 1550-c. 1650 AD).
The buckle is convex at the front and flat at the rear and each loop is similar. Each loop is oval-shaped and has four lobed knops, one at each corner as well as a smaller one at each end of the bar. The insides of the loop at the front are bevelled. The bar is triangular in cross-section, flat at the rear. A complete iron pin is corroded and fused to the frame.
This buckle frame has traces of a dark green patina and also patches of a black substance.
38.78 x 23.98 x 6.14mm. Weight: 8.03g.
A similar buckle has been published and dated c. 1550-1650 (Whitehead 1996: 63, ref: 382).
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: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.78 mm
Width: 23.98 mm
Thickness: 6.14 mm
Weight: 8.03 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 12th June 2012
Personal details
Found by: This information is restricted for your login.
Recorded by: Mr Frank Basford
Identified by: Mr Frank Basford
Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2012-14-1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
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: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
- Whitehead, R., 2003 Buckles 1250-1800 Chelmsford: Greenlight Publishing
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