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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-7BFB48
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy double-looped buckle (c. 1550-c. 1650).
The pin is missing.
The frame is convex at the front and flat at the rear. Each loop is 'D'-shaped in plan and similar in size. Both outer edges are ornate at the front and decoration includes a stylised rosette motif at the centre. The bar is triangular in cross-section, flat at the rear and has a knop at either end.
This buckle frame is corroded and has traces of black lacquer at the front and rear
Length: 48.9mm; width: 35.4mm; thickness: 3.2mm. Weight: 10.21g.
A similar buckle has been published (Whitehead 2003: 66, ref: 409).
Similar examples have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See finds: HAMP-4DD723; IOW-1E11DA; NMS-2C515A; NMS-5F6EB6; NMS-71F29B; NMS-9A92C2; SOM-CAEBF0; SUSS-5DE3E4; SUSS-D1B448; WILT-C4D023; WMID-164C36 and YORYM-DD7FD6.
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: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48.9 mm
Width: 35.4 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 10.21 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th June 2017 - Sunday 18th June 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2017-7-142
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Black coated
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 | 66 | 409 |
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