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BUCKLE
Unique ID: HAMP-5C5815
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An early post-medieval (1550-1650) copper alloy double-oval buckle frame with ornate outside edge, complete with copper alloy pin. It measures 37.3mm in length and 21.7mm in width, the loops angled upwards slightly from the central bar. It weighs 4.48g and the internal measurements of the loops are x.11x13mm and the buckle weighs 4.48g.
Each loop has moulded decoration in the form of six depressions and a triangular projection at the centre of the outside edge. The patina is grey where it survives, and where it does not the metal beneath is a bright green.
The pin is of the same copper alloy, D-shaped in cross-section and narrows from 3.9mm wide to 1.5mm wide at the rounded point. It has a pair of moulded transverse ribs to the front of the pin, situated just beyond the strap bar around which it curls.
Notes:
Cf. Whitehead (2003) 62, no.385-6, which he dates from c.1550 to c.1650.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.3 mm
Width: 21.7 mm
Weight: 4.48 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st July 2014 - Saturday 22nd November 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Winchester Museums Entry Form no.4002
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: New Forest (District)
To be known as: Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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