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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NLM-C31722
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy and iron buckle. Cast sub-rectangular buckle with rounded ends and a separate single pointed chape with a round stud at its inner end mounted on a steel spindle. The ends of the frame are expanded and curved, and curlicues adorn its upper and lower edges. Stamped decoration of curls and florets adorns the buckle ends. The chape bears a makers mark stamped on the back: the initials IM framed by four billeted arcs. The object has been darkened by treatment with oil. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1660-1720.
Length: 47.3mm, Height: 23mm, Thickness (frame at spindle housing): 4.7mm, Weight: 12.25gms.
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 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47.3 mm
Height: 23 mm
Thickness: 4.7 mm
Weight: 12.25 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 24th June 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM25620a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Elkington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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