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BUCKLE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-E939A7
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-Medieval, cast Copper-alloy double-looped buckle (c. 1570-c. 1700) of which only the frame survives.
This buckle is sub circular in cross section. It is rectangular in plan, has rounded corners and each loop is a similar size. External frame edges are rounded. The pin bar is sub-square in cross-section. Viewing the buckle from the side, each loop rises from the centre to the outer edges from the horizontal plane.This appears to be intentional and not as a result of distortion.
The frame has a patchy patina rubbed off in some small areas. it is abraded with some tinning evident.
Frame: Length: 26.61mm; width: 17.21mm; thickness: 3.02mm. Weight 3.84grammes.
A similar buckle is featured and dated c. 1570-1700 (Whitehead 1996: 75, ref: 464).
Whitehead, R. 1996. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing, Witham.
Class: Double Loop
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 1570
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.61 mm
Width: 17.21 mm
Thickness: 3.02 mm
Weight: 3.84 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PastfindersI
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Tin or tin alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Near Lewes
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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