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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-A29511
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A misshapen and almost complete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle (AD 1620-1680).
The frame, formed of two trapezoidal loops, is flat on both faces and has steep internal and external bevelling. The triangular outer edges have a transverse pin groove and rounded knops at their corners.
There is a lobed knop at each end of the narrowed pin bar which is rectangular in cross-section.
The copper-alloy pin is convex at the front and flat at the rear and the tapering shaft is missing its tip due to a recent break.
Both the frame and pin are greyish green over a reddish brown metal with flecks of a black substance, probably lacquer.
37.12 x 23.25 x 2.75mm. Weight: 8.27g.
A similar buckle can be found illustrated in Whitehead 1996: 83, ref: 522.
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: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1620
Date to: Circa AD 1680
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.12 mm
Width: 23.25 mm
Thickness: 2.75 mm
Weight: 8.72 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 29th August 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2012-5-107
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 | 83 | 522 |
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