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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-E6AEC4
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post-Medieval lead-alloy (pewter) trapezoidal shoe or knee buckle (c. 1660-c. 1720).
The spindle, pin and chape are missing.
In plam. the frame is sub-rectangular with rounded corners. It is moulded at the front and plain at the rear. The frame is drilled at the centre for a separate iron spindle, some of which has survived within the spindle holes. On the front of the frame, at each side where it is drilled, there is a pair a knops/lobes. At the front, each outside edge has an outer groove and one outer edge has a pin-rest. At the rear the inner faces of the outside edges are slightly bevelled.
This buckle frame is silvery with a greenish tinge.
Length: 35.4mm; width: 22.1mm; thickness: 4.6mm. Weight: 7.74g.
A similar buckle has been dated c. 1660 - c. 1720 (Whitehead 2003: 99, ref:
616).
Whitehead, R. 2003. Buckles 1250-1800. Chelmsford: Greenlight Publishing
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.4 mm
Width: 22.1 mm
Thickness: 4.6 mm
Weight: 7.74 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 19th August 2015 - Wednesday 19th August 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2015-5-134
Materials and construction
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 | 99 | 616 |
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