Rectangular buckle that is defying my ID!

Finds and artefacts found while out metal detecting which require identifying.
Forum rules
IMPORTANT
Please remember to read the in-post text when creating a ID request as it explains the mandatory requirements necessary to gain approval for your ID request.
Post Reply
HarptreeNick
Posts: 40
Joined: Tue Oct 27, 2020 5:39 pm
Has thanked: 33 times
Been thanked: 29 times

Rectangular buckle that is defying my ID!

Post by HarptreeNick »

This came from a grass ley but I can't find anything quite like it in books or on-line so hope someone can help. I thought it might have been a shoe buckle, although it's one-piece. It has nice but crudish decoration down both sides. As you can see, it's about 1 inch x 3/4 inch in old money.

Any idea of period and its use much appreciated! [81/]
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Top
Alan Black
Posts: 745
Joined: Mon Aug 02, 2021 6:11 pm
Has thanked: 916 times
Been thanked: 700 times

Post by Alan Black »

I think around 1500? [81/]
Top
HarptreeNick
Posts: 40
Joined: Tue Oct 27, 2020 5:39 pm
Has thanked: 33 times
Been thanked: 29 times

Post by HarptreeNick »

Thanks Alan. It does have an older-than-Georgian feel about it. Associated finds have been Lizzie hammereds and a French jetton, although we all know that that means nothing in the detecting world [49/]
Top
User avatar
Flamsteed
Posts: 1056
Joined: Sun May 15, 2022 2:52 pm
Has thanked: 1225 times
Been thanked: 1515 times

Post by Flamsteed »

Double looped rectangular buckle, 1570-1700.
Whitehead n 456 & 457 🤔
"We are all ignorant but we ignore different things"
Albert Einstein
Top
HarptreeNick
Posts: 40
Joined: Tue Oct 27, 2020 5:39 pm
Has thanked: 33 times
Been thanked: 29 times

Post by HarptreeNick »

Cheers Flamsteed - again seems to corollate with other finds in the same field.

I had noticed 456 in Ross Whitehead's book but mine is smaller and with decoration, hence request for help. But always good to have another pair of eyes on it! Thanks
Top
User avatar
sweepstick47
Moderator
Posts: 23458
Joined: Sun Nov 27, 2011 8:21 pm
Location: North Lincolnshire
Has thanked: 6103 times
Been thanked: 8532 times

Post by sweepstick47 »

The design is frequently seen and used in conjunction with various examples of military 'webbing'
in use from 1700's to the current day [81/] Cheers Eric
A disservice is no service at all.
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Identification of Detecting Finds”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Beepbeeeeep, exmoor man 1 and 46 guests