Record ID: ESS-134BA0
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval cast pewter shoe or knee buckle dating from AD1660 - AD1720. The buckle is sub annular and symmetrical with two central drilled holes which would have held a separate spindle making the buckle double looped. The spindle, and thus the pin, has now been lost. The buckle has a moulded decoration on the front. This is formed of four rounded knops at the four 'corners'. The two upper and the two lowers knops are linked to each other by a raised line following the curve of the loops. In the centre of these lines, where the spindle would have attached, is a pointed knop. The …
Created on: Friday 18th October 2013
Last updated: Monday 10th February 2014
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Record ID: ESS-D5B6A4
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast tin button dating to the Medieval period (1250 - 1350 AD). The button is spherical with an applied copper alloy wire looped shank that has now been lost. The shank has a transverse break across it leaving two small copper alloy projections. The button measures 11mm in diameter. For a similar example see Read (2010: 26) no. 78.
Created on: Tuesday 15th October 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 28th May 2014
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Record ID: ESS-D57A64
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast tin button dating to the Post Medieval (1500 - 1650 AD). The button is discoidal with a convex front and a flat back. It has an integral iron shank which has now been lost. The front is decorated with a central pellet. It measures 14mm in diameter. For a similar example see Read (2010: 64) no. 226.
Created on: Tuesday 15th October 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 28th May 2014
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