Notes
"Spectacle" buckle with flat profile and iron tongue. Non-matching shell decoration on each end of frame and concave scalloped knop above and below pin terminal. Similar to buckle 431, dating to 1550-1650, page 69 in Whitehead 1996 "Buckles 1250-1800". Identical to buckle drawing number 36, Post Medieval 16th-17th century, from http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ceejays_site/pages/bucklepage24.htm
Object Type
BucklesHas it Been Conserved?
Yes
Where Was It Found?
Project Site: House for Families [more details]
Material
Manufacturing Technology
Form
Harness/Utilitarian, exact form unidentifiable
Shape
Completeness
Decorative Technology
Decorative Notes
Non-matching shell on each side of short end of frame and concave scalloped knops at either end of pin terminal.
Date
1550-1650
Country of Origin
Dimensions
49.25mm x 0mm x 63.5mm (W x H x L)
Illustration shows object in comparison to the size of a quarter
Weight
43.2 gram(s)
Object Number
1817306
DAACS Number
1817306
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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