A fragment of a square or rectangular copper alloy buckle frame, set with glass paste stones (of which only one survives), 18th century. In form this fragment most closely resembles silver knee buckles described in Ross Whitehead, Buckles 1250-1800, pp. 120-123, and dated to c. 1720-1790s. Photographed below with a medieval annular shoe buckle.
Found 8 December 2021
ID: 90069
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