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BUCKLE
Unique ID: DOR-62F004
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Post Medieval copper alloy double-looped buckle dating to the 17th century. The buckle frame has two trapezoidal loops and is rectangular in cross section. There is a triangular projection at the centre of the outside edge of both loops and there is a ropunded projection on each of the four corners. On the front of the outside edge there is an incised line running from top to bottom across the knops and point, and a central incised pin rest perpendicular to this. The centre bar is narrowed from the frame, has a trapezoidal cross section and is flanked by a pair of moulded knops. The pin is missing.
The buckle measures 39.62 mm in length, 25.20 mm in width and 2.09 mm thick, it weighs 6.27 g.
Whitehead, R 1996 Buckles 1250 to 1800, page 83, nos. 520, 522 are similar examples which are dated to c. 1620-1680,
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39.62 mm
Width: 25.2 mm
Thickness: 2.09 mm
Weight: 6.27 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 019016
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
To be known as: Sturminster Marshall
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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