Record ID: BERK-9AC8BA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy single looped trapezoidal buckle and plate of medieval period. The buckle has elaborate outer frame edges with traces of thick gilding; there is a rounded rest for the pin (retained) and the pin and plate bar is integral. The plate comsists of one sheet of copper alloy, broadly rectangular in plan but with the reverse side significantly narrower than the upper face. There are five large domed rivets on the fron of the frame the would have secured the back plate to the strap. Gilding is retained over the majority of the front of the plate. Similar buckles are il…
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-9AAB4D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy double looped, or 'spectacle' buckle of the early post-medieval period. A little over half of the buckle is retained; the integral strap bar is missing the pin but iron corrosion suggests an iron pin. The frame is plain and undecorated. Similar buckles are illustrated in Whitehead (1996, no 317) and are dated to c. AD 1500-1650.
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-9A207B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy double-looped rectangular buckle dating to the post-medieval period. The buckle has an undecorated frame that is bevelled from the inner edge to the outer; the integral strap or pin bar is retained as is the copper alloy pin. This type of buckle dates from c. AD 1570-1700. A similar example can be seen in Whitehead (1996) no. 463.
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.

• 

  Image not taken

Record ID: BERK-999312
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy double looped, rectangular buckle dating to the post-medieval period. The buckle has an undecorated frame that is bevelled from the inner edge to the outer; the integral strap or pin bar is retained however the pin is missing. This type of buckle dates from c. AD 1570-1700. A similar example can be seen in Whitehead (1996) no. 463.
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.