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Unique ID: PUBLIC-600735
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete copper-alloy rectangular shoe or knee buckle and its chape, of post-medieval dating (c. AD 1690 to AD 1720).
The buckle frame is rectangular, with a drilled frame, perforated centrally on its sides for a separate iron spindle. At each outer edge there are slight swellings internally. The frame has a moulded decorative groove just in from its edge. The pin and terminal of the chape are missing with the chape broken at the rivet hole. The buckle frame is a dark green to grey colour, with an even surface patina. Iron corrosion product is present around the spindle. There are traces of silvering. In profile the buckle is curved which is related to its original use.
The buckle frame measures 21.96 mm in length, 17.46 mm wide and 2.25 mm thick. The total length of the frame and remaining chape is 26.07mm. It weighs 4.60g overall.
A similar buckle frame has been recorded by Whitehead (1996, 102; no. 653) and has been dated to the post-medieval period (c. AD 1690 to AD 1720), but without archaeological evidence provided in support of such dating. Whitehead suggests that they were mainly used as shoe buckles.
Class: shoe or knee
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1690
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.07 mm
Width: 17.49 mm
Thickness: 2.25 mm
Weight: 4.6 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd August 2014
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 102 | 653 |