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Double frame copper alloy strap buckle with lozenge and trefoil decoration.

Notes

"Spectacle" buckle, missing tongue or plate. Flat profile. Identical to buckle no. 402 dating to 1550-1650, page 65 in Whitehead 1996 "Buckles 1250-1800". Pin cast with buckle frame.


Object Type


Has it Been Conserved?

Yes


Where Was It Found?

Project Site: House for Families [more details]


Material

Copper/Copper Alloy


Manufacturing Technology

Cast


Form

Harness/Utilitarian, exact form unidentifiable


Shape

D-Shaped


Completeness

Complete


Decorative Technology

Cast/Molded


Decorative Notes

Lozenges at either end of buckle frame; trefoils just above and below pin terminal.


Date

1550-1650


Country of Origin

Indeterminate


Dimensions

35.25mm x 3.22mm x 67.08mm (W x H x L)


Illustration shows object in comparison to the size of a quarter


Weight

14.2 gram(s)


Object Number

1817261

DAACS Number

1817261


Project: House for Families

The structure identified as the “House for Families” on the 1787 Vaughan plan likely housed the majority of the enslaved population living at the Mansion House Farm for much of the second half of the eighteenth century. The building was in existence from circa 1760 until it was demolished in late 1792 or early 1793. The archaeological evidence for the structure consisted of a brick-lined storage cellar (44FX762/40-47) measuring roughly six feet by six feet. Historically the cellar served as a handy trash receptacle once it ceased to be used for its original storage function, and through extensive excavation has yielded an extremely rich assemblage of household refuse. The analysis of these remains offers the opportunity to study important aspects of the daily lives of Mount Vernon's enslaved community.

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