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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-4BB6BA
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete, corroded and misshapen post-Medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped asymmetrical buckle (c.1575-c. 1700).
The pin is missing.
This buckle is convex at the front and flat at the rear. It has a rectangular loop and a smaller 'D'-shaped loop. Integral with the outer edge of the smaller loop is a lozenge-shaped projection with lozenge shaped openwork in the centre. The outer edge of the larger loop has two transverse grooves. The narrowed strap bar is sub-square in cross-section. At each end of the bar there is a small pointed knop.
This buckle frame is corroded overall and has traces of gilding at the front. There are flecks of iron staining on the bar and both faces.
Length: 26.6mm; width: 16.0mm; thickness: 2.9mm. Weight: 1.73g.
A buckle in similar style has been published and dated c. 1575-1700 (Whitehead 2003: 93, ref: 593).
Whitehead, R. 2003. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing, Witham.
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 1575
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.6 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 2.9 mm
Weight: 1.73 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 26th October 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2014-5-169
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
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 | 93 | 593 |
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