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BUCKLE
Unique ID: LANCUM-A0A18D
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Tinned cast copper alloy buckle frame dating from the post-medieval period, that is the mid 17th to early 18th century. The buckle frame had a shiny mid grey patina and was probably tinned. The frame is sub-rectangular and has two co-joined annulets with a double-stranded bar between them. One narrow edge has iron corrosion remaining, probably from the now missing pin. The long edges have slightly concave exterior sides and is formed by a central flattened pellet with a scroll motif either side. The reverse of the frame is flat. The central cross bar is missing.
A similar buckle frame is illustrated in Whitehead (1996), No. 613 and is dated to the mid 17th to early 18th century.
An identical buckle was recorded under LANCUM-36F03E.
Whitehead, R. 1996 Buckles 1250-1800 Colchester: Greenlight Publishing
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: 36 mm
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 5.49 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 16th March 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
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