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BUCKLE

Unique ID: CORN-E81A13

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Incomplete cast copper alloy trapezoidal buckle frame which is drilled for a separate spindle, now missing. The remains of the spindle within the frame and the iron corrosion product around the holes suggest that the spindle was made of iron. There is a central ovate knop above each spindle hole where the frame is waisted. The two loops that would have been divided by the spindle are very symmetrical and C-shaped in plan and plano-convex in section, with a rounded external bevel and an angled internal bevel. The base also has an angled internal bevel. The spindle would have held a chape as well as a pin, which are both now missing. The surface has a dark grey patina, and the colour seems to extend throughout, suggesting that the surface is not tinned but that the copper alloy has a higher percentage of tin and perhaps also zinc in it, making it appear more like tombac or gunmetal.

References:

Whitehead (1996) illustrates similar buckles on page 99, nos.620 & 626, which are dated from c.1660-1720.

Egan (2005) illustrates similar gunmetal and tin buckles on page 37, fig.19, nos.119 & 121, which are dated from c.1650-1700.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1720

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 37 mm
Height: 5 mm
Width: 21.4 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 5.43 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 17th March 2015 - Tuesday 17th March 2015

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Tin or tin alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: St. Newlyn East (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW8554
Four figure Latitude: 50.34657218
Four figure longitude: -5.02328398
1:25K map: SW8554
1:10K map: SW84NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Egan, G.	2005	Material Culture in London in an Age Of Transition: Tudor and Stuart period finds c.1450 - c.1700 from excavations at riverside sites in Southwark	London	Museum of London Archaeology Service	37, fig.19,	nos.119 & 121
Whitehead, R.	2003	Buckles 1250-1800	Chelmsford	Greenlight Publishing	99,	nos.620 & 626

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Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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