Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten paper label adhered to front of display board: 'Buckles (Bronze). 1. ?Cambridge. 2. Felixstowe, Suff. (Deck Coll.) Camb. Ant. Soc. 1883'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Display)
Object previously mounted on display board of hardboard, with metal pins.
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (Physical description)
Shoe buckle, broad oval with oblong opening, convex, plain
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Analysis)
Period changed from Anglo Saxon to Post Medieval based upon construction of buckle with separate bar. See PAS guidance on shoe buckles with separate bars, which date from 1650 onwards.
Event Date 8/1/2026
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (Physical description)
Shoe buckle of copper alloy. Square frame with rounded edges, concave convex in profile, bar missing. Cylindrical raised nubbins with drilled holes (for bar) on underside at centre.
Event Date 8/1/2026
Author: Heather Donoghue