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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SWYOR-335603
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy buckle plate of Post Medieval date, probably dating from the sixteenth or seventeenth century. The main plate of the object is oval with a narrow extension before a tri-lobed terminal. One lobe of the terminal is missing. Projecting from the other end of the plate are two long tabs which curve and then break at the end. These would have formed the hinges of the buckle plate and extended to form the backplate which is now missing.
The external surface of the plate has cast decoration consisting of curvilinear grooves to create a stylised leaf design. There are two circular fixing holes in the plate, one positioned slightly off centre near the trefoil terminal and one above the broken hooks. The rivets are missing. The object has a patchy bright green patina.
This object would have been one of two or three fittings that together formed the fittings for a sword belt. For similar examples see LVPL-A229F0, WILT-FCC585 and SOM-114C52 which notes the following: "Whitehead (2003) illustrates a similar plate attached to a buckle (page 68, No.423) which he dates to c.1550-1650. The similarity of these buckles, in particular the tri-lobed buckle plate, to contemporary sword belt hangers (Cf. Read (2001), fig.26, no.373) suggests they are part of a suite of items for a sword belt."
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 2.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 25th August 2012 - Saturday 25th August 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Doncaster enquiry 989
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Leaf
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Owersby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0694
Four figure Latitude: 53.432139
Four figure longitude: -0.405991
1:25K map: TF0694
1:10K map: TF09SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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