Record ID: WILT-C1F6C8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast silver shoe or knee buckle. The frame of the buckle is rectangular and has rounded corners. On the front face, along the short sides the frame is bi facial and this continues around each corner into the long sides. The long sides are wider at the centre with a hole drilled into the inner side to accommodate a separate spindle. The long sides are decorated with flowers or foliage finishing just before each corner. Attached to the spindle is a chape and pin. The chape has straight sides and extends beyond one of the short sides of the buckle frame to a rounded end where a stud is…
Created on: Tuesday 7th January 2014
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Malmesbury', grid reference and parish protected.