Record ID: PUBLIC-F7402B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Single looped trapezoidal shaped buckle frame, dating to the late medieval period, c. 1300 - 1500. The frame is undecorated and 'D' shaped in cross section. It takes the form of a trapezoid, with slightly expanding arms and a narrowed strap bar with protruding terminal knops on the strap bar. The underside if flat and undecorated. Measurments :- Length 24.94mm, Width 17.12mm, Thickness 1.98mm, Weight 3.5g
Created on: Monday 14th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 18th January 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F6EEFC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy single looped D-shaped buckle. Meols Type 1, dating from AD 1250 to AD 1350. The buckle frame is complete, but the pin and buckle plate are missing, presumed lost in antiquity. The loop is sub oval in plan, with a thickened and expanded outer edge. The strap bar is narrowed. The buckle frame is plain and undecorated. The buckle frame is a dark green colour with some mid brown patching. Measurements:- Length 30.19mm, Width 19.19mm, Thickness of frame 4.78mm,  Thickness of strap bar  2.41mm, Weight 6g.
Created on: Monday 14th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-78CD23
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval cast copper-alloy double loop asymmetrical buckle with moulded decoration, dating to AD 1575-1700. The front surface is bevelled and the rear is flat. The loop where the pin rested is sub rectangular and the other loop is D-shaped, separated by a central strap bar. The sides of the frame are slightly waisted towards the strap bar. The sub-rectangular loop is decorated with a moulded, outer edge which is shaped to a shallow point at the centre. The pin is missing from the strap bar. The patina is a light brown colour with patches of olive …
Created on: Tuesday 8th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-786E56
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy double looped buckle of Post-Medieval date, about AD 1500 - 1650. It is sub-rectangular in form with rounded corners and a slightly shorter strap bar than outer edges. The outer edges are straight. The pin is missing. The upper side is bevelled and the underside is flat. The strap bar is cast at an angle within the frame, and this along with the straight outer edges of the frame indicate that this example is made to a poor quality standard. The buckle has an olive green patina with some brown patches. A simila example can be seen on page 5…
Created on: Tuesday 8th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-046BF5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy boot or garter buckle of post-medieval date. The buckle is rectangular in plan with a rounded corners and a drilled frame with a separate spindle with a double spiked tongue. The metal has a brownish patina with some of the original tinning still showing. Measurements : Length 16.06mm , Width 13.89mm , Thickness 2.56mm at the bar , Weight 1.1g. A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead, p.114, no.734 and is dated to circa AD 1720 - 1790.
Created on: Friday 8th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 17th December 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-5E765C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An elaborate zoomorphic form of cast copper alloy buckle dating to the early part of the medieval period. The frame is D-shaped in cross-section and the pin bar is narrowed and recessed. The pin is missing. The frame has a moulded and incised zoomorphic decoration. At either end of the pin bar there is a beasts head biting onto the pin bar. The frame is designed to be two symetrical wings with two bird or beast heads at the front of the frame. The gap between the heads would have acted as a rest for the pin. The heads at the front of the frame are much smaller than the bar-biting beas…
Created on: Thursday 30th September 2021
Last updated: Friday 17th December 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-EE1FF8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy buckle of post-medieval date, (AD 1660-1720). The buckle is a sub-annular shoe or knee buckle with a drilled frame for a separate spindle. The frame is oval in plan and convex in cross section. The chape is looped round the steel strap bar. The end of the chape is rounded with a central rivet hole. The metal has a mid brown patina and is preserved in a good condition. Measurments:- Length 24.85mm , Width 18.18mm , Thickness 3.54mm and Weight 3.00g. A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead (2003) p.97, no.601 and is dated to circa AD 1660 - 1720.
Created on: Thursday 8th April 2021
Last updated: Friday 9th July 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-B40C3E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete small copper alloy single looped D-shaped buckle. Meols Type 1, dating from AD 1250 to AD 1350. The buckle frame is complete but the pin and the buckle plate are missing, presumed lost in antiquity. The loop is sub oval in plan, with a thickened and expanded outside edge. The strap bar is narrowed and off set. The buckle frame is plain and undecorated. The buckle frame is a dark green colour. Measurements are :- 14.59mm in length, 12.27mm wide. It has a thickness of 1.94mm (the strap bar is 1.31mm thick). It weighs 1.1 grams. Similar single looped D shap…
Created on: Monday 5th April 2021
Last updated: Friday 9th July 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-B3C2A2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete small copper-alloy single looped D-shaped buckle. Meols Type 2, dating from AD 1250 to AD 1350. The buckle frame is complete along with the pin. the buckle plate is missing, presumed lost in antiquity. The loop is sub oval in plan, with a thickened and expanded outside edge. The strap bar is narrowed and off-set. Knops are present at either end of the strap bar. The buckle frame is plain and undecorated. The buckle frame is a dark green colour. The pin, although present, is worn and has a slightly reduced length from the original. Measurements are :- 16.03mm i…
Created on: Monday 5th April 2021
Last updated: Friday 9th July 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-DF18A3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy buckle dating to the post-medieval period (c. 1550-1650AD). The pin is missing. The buckle is double looped, with a sub-oval loop either side of the pin bar. The outer edge of each loop is gently curved; on the internal side of the outer edge the frame curves in to form a low pointed projection. The frame and pin bar are D-shaped in cross-section with a flat reverse and rounded upper face. There are two incised lines in a V-shape on the frame either side of the pin bar. The frame has a dark green patina. The buckle measures 34.55mm in length, 19.4…
Created on: Friday 26th March 2021
Last updated: Friday 9th July 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-CC451C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy buckle of medieval date. The buckle is a single looped sub-rectangular shape with an expanded outer edge and a narrowed and offset strap bar. The front edge is decorated with four transverse grooves. The pin and buckle plate are missing. The metal has a dark brown patina. Length 18.27mm long, Width 15.15mm , Thickness 3.29mm and Weight 2.5g. A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead (2003, p.27, no.135) and is dated to circa AD 1350 - 1400. See also Egan & Pritchard (2002, page 96, number 437). Parallels on the PAS database are:- SUSS…
Created on: Thursday 25th March 2021
Last updated: Friday 9th July 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-CB8EF2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy Post-Medieval (1720 to 1770) loop chape from a shoe buckle. The object is part of a two-piece shoe buckle. It would have been positioned underneath the buckle frame to secure it to the strap. The internal spikes would have been pushed through holes in the under-latchet whilst the over-latchet would be secured to the frame using the tongue. This loop chape is missing the pitchfork double tongue which would have originally been placed over an axis bar. The chape is broadly D-shaped with two internal prongs. Length 34.51mm, Width 45.08mm, Thickness 2.09mm, Weight…
Created on: Thursday 25th March 2021
Last updated: Friday 9th July 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-381E49
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy, double loop, ('spectacle') buckle dating from the early Post-Medieval period, AD 1500 - 1650. The frame has two oval loops with angled outer edges and a small, rounded knop at each end of the strap bar. The outer edges on the upper side of the buckle are bevelled and the underside is flat. The pin is present and is wrapped around the strap bar with an incomplete turn. The buckle has a smooth, dark brown patina where visible under a thin layer of depositional corrosion. . Length 44.79mm, Width 27.01mm and 1.79mm thick. It weighs 6g. A similar b…
Created on: Thursday 18th March 2021
Last updated: Friday 9th July 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-092451
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post-Medieval cast copper-alloy single-looped buckle dating to the period AD 1450-1550. The frame is sub-oval (kidney shaped) with rounded outer corners. The strap bar is the thinner than the outer frame. A sheet copper alloy pin remains in situ, with a loop formed by wrapping the end of the pin round the bar. The tip of the pin curves to rest in close contact with the outer edge of the frame. The buckle is generally a pale green colour with patches of brown. The pin is by contrast a brighter olive green colour. The original buckle plate is missing in antiqui…
Created on: Saturday 4th July 2020
Last updated: Thursday 16th July 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F2EA1F
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy double loop oval buckle dating to the Post Mediecal period c. AD 1550- 1650. The frame consists of two oval loops meeting at a central axis bar. The frame is D-shaped in cross section with a flat reverse and curved outer edge. The pin bar is oval in cross section. At either end of the pin bar on the outside of the frame is a pointed triangular knop. Each corner of both loops has a domed knop. The buckle has an overall dark brown colour. The pin is missing and there is an upward bend to one of the loops, otherwise the condition is good. The buckle measures 38.7mm i…
Created on: Friday 3rd July 2020
Last updated: Thursday 16th July 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FB9377
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval cast copper alloy rectangular buckle frame of Meols (Griffiths et al. 2007, fig.2.5.1) Type C, complete with plate but missing the pin. The frame has slightly convex sides, and is D-shaped in cross-section. The plate folds over the bar of the buckle. There is a rivet hole at either end, but both rivets are now missing. The frame has a dark green patination, with some orange areas of corrosion especially where the rivets were positioned. Similar examples are shown in Whitehead 2003, page 27, example 139. Similar rectangular buckles are shown in Egan & Prit…
Created on: Tuesday 9th June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 16th July 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-27D47B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy early Saxon D shaped / oval buckle frame with pin, of Marzinzik's (2003) Type 1.4. The hoop is D-shaped with a narrowed and recessed strap bar. The tongue/pin is 'club-shaped' - wider at its inner end and becoming narrower at its outer end where it curves beyond and round the pin rest, terminating in a blunt point, which is possibly missing an original tip through wear. The pin is held in position around the hoop by a loop. There is considerable discolouration caused by corrosion but remains in good condition. The colour is predominately green but with lig…
Created on: Thursday 13th June 2019
Last updated: Friday 1st November 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FB3AB3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy single oval looped buckle Marshall Type 1B (11) . The frame is oval with a narrower offset strap bar expanded at each end with two small knops and has a slight recess at the centre for the pin to rest. The top frame of the buckle is expanded and decorated with two knops which flank a plate divided into 4 sections (two large,two small) by 3 incised grooves. The pin is a cast round pointed strip of copper alloy, folded over the bar.The buckle can be broadly dated between 1250 -1350AD. The loop side thickness is 4.71. The buckle is in good condition
Created on: Sunday 23rd December 2018
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-8D63EE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy Post Medieval buckle frame (the pin missing in old damage). The frame is double-looped and plano-convex in section, a bi-lobed knop with coincident pin groove visible on both outside edges of the frame and the strap bar narrowed. It measures 30.77mm long by 23mm wide and weighs 4.45g. Broadly similar to examples in Whitehead (2003), nos.374 and 379. c.1550-1650.
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th September 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-59B408
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy single looped buckle dating to the Medieval period, c. 1250-1400. The buckle consists of an oval frame, with an narrow offset bar and lobed terminal knops flanking a rececessed portion of the frame that would originally have contained a sheet metal roller. The pin is bent but remains completely mobile. Measurements:- Length 18.17mm, Width 20.55mm, Thickness at side frame 2.87mm, Weight 3.5g Whitehead, R. 2003 Buckles 1250-1800 Greenlight Publishing, see p. 22, no. 96.
Created on: Thursday 16th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2018
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