Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-D6E907
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped annular buckle frame (c. 1400-c. 1500 AD).
The frame is convex at the front and flat at the rear. It is divided centrally by a narrowed bar creating two loops. Each loop is 'D'-shaped in plan and similar in size. There is no indication of a pin-rest. There are two oblique trapezoid projections on one outside edge. These are convex at the front and flat at the rear. The central bar is incomplete. The pin is missing.
This buckle has a mid-green patina. However some of the surface has exfoliated.
36.29 x 27.63 x 1.52mm. Weight: 2.82g.
Similar buckles with projections have been dated c. 1400-1500 (Whitehead 1996: 46, refs: 267, 268).
Similar buckles have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: IOW-04F1E6; IOW-16BC08; NMS-4E5000; SUSS-D39167 and WILT-81B8B1.
Class: Double-looped
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.29 mm
Width: 27.63 mm
Thickness: 1.58 mm
Weight: 2.82 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 2nd June 2012
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2012-2-242
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 46 | 267, 268 |
Similar objects
Find number: IOW-04F1E6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
An incomplete Medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped annular buckle frame (c. 1400-c. 1500 AD).
The frame is convex at the front and flat…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: IOW-16BC08
Object type: BUCKLE
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
A Medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped annular buckle frame (c. 1400-c. 1500). Each loop is oval in plan and similar in size. The frame…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: IOW-5FBE84
Object type: BUCKLE
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
A post-Medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle frame (c. 1500-c. 1650). The frame is convex at the front and concave at the rear. Eac…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618