LON-6114C0: A late medieval lead alloy annular shoe buckle dating to late 14th - early 15th century.

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BUCKLE

Unique ID: LON-6114C0

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A late Medieval lead alloy annular shoe buckle dating to late 14th - early 15th century. This buckle has a circular frame with a circular cross-section and a casting seam around the edge. There is a narrow constriction for the pin. The pin is missing.

Similar buckles are illustrated in Egan & Pritchard (1991:57) where they are described as shoe buckles and they were excavated from contexts dating late 14th - early 15th century and in Egan (2005:34) dated 1650-1700, however this is described as residual. Egan (2005:34) writes "shoe buckles are first continued with the two standard late medieval forms (as this above example) with a hiatus in the early 17th century before the new post-Restoration fashion of slightly larger, sub-rectangular frames with a plate".

Dimensions: external diameter: 15.24 mm; internal diameter: 9.52 mm; weight: 1.78g.

Reference: Egan G. and Pritchard F. 1991. Dress Accessories: Medieval finds from the Museum of London. The Stationery Office, London

Egan, G. 2005. Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition. MoLAS Monograph 19. English Heritage: London.

Class: Shoe

Subsequent actions

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 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1450

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.78 g
Diameter: 15.24 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: London (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: Wandsworth (London Borough)
Parish or ward: St. Mary's Park (London Borough Ward)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ2677
Four figure Latitude: 51.47793502
Four figure longitude: -0.18702426
1:25K map: TQ2677
1:10K map: TQ27NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Open fresh water
Specific landuse: Running water

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Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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