BUCKLE 467465

Description: A cast copper-alloy asymmetrical double-looped buckle frame of post-medieval date. One loop of the buckle is rounded, with two projecting lobed knops, top and bottom, and the other half is rectangular, with five equally-spaced transverse notches on the outer edge which form six lobed knops. At each end of the pin bar there is a further lobed knop. The pin is now missing; iron staining around the pin bar and outer edge reveals the pin's composition. The buckle has a flat reverse, while the upper face is bevelled both internally and externally to the loops. The tinning on the buckle has survived well. A very similar example can be seen illustrated in Whitehead (1996, 92; ref. 577). This piece has had its rounded loop bent upwards slightly, probably as a result of old damage.

Date: 1575 - 1700

Object type: BUCKLE

Last import: August 15, 2017