Record ID: BERK-738F46
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy buckle plate dating to the medieval period (c. AD 1250-1400). The buckle plate is made from a single sheet of copper alloy that has been folded equally in two; a rounded section at the fold indicates where the plate would have fitted around the buckle frame. The plate is rectangular in plan and open-ended. Five round headed rivets are extant and these would have secured the plate to a leather or textile strap. The plate has a solid linear border with simple rocker-arm decoration either side. This is repeated on the reverse of the buckle plate. Tra…
Created on: Monday 30th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-719FD9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval, cast copper-alloy, single loop buckle frame. Description: The D-shaped frame has a rectangular cross-section and thickens towards the apex, coming to a blunt point with an incised notch forming a pin rest. There is a narrowed and offset strap bar, rectangular in section. Measurements: Length 15.05mm: Width 13.28mm: Thickness 2.06mm: Weight 1.18g. Discussion: Similar buckles are shown in Whitehead, 2003. Page 20 and dated c. AD 1350-1450.
Created on: Monday 30th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-71621E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval, cast copper-alloy loop chape from a two-piece shoe buckle. Description: The frame of the chape is "cooking pot" shaped with a single, internal spike on the widest side. The narrower side has a curved internal edge whilst the outer edge is thickened and drilled to accept a steel spindle. This is now corroded away and only iron corrosion stains remain. The centre of the drilled side is notched to accept the pin, now missing. Measurements: Length 21.40mm: Width 23.11mm: Thickness 1.69mm: Weight 2.16g Discussion: Buckles with similar chapes are shown in Whitehe…
Created on: Monday 30th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
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Record ID: WILT-6F797C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy probable Post Medieval buckle, dating to c. AD 1600-1800. The fragment comprises of the external edge of one rectangular loop, and is cast into an openwork lattice pattern. Punched annulets mark the junctures of the arms of the lattice, with each arm decorated with two parallel incised lines. The panel is rectagular in section, 2mm thick, 30.54mm in length, 8.11mm in width, and weighs 2.29g. Although it is difficult to parallel such a fragmentary object, in its form it resembles openwork composite buckles of the latter 17th and 18th centuries, whilst t…
Created on: Monday 30th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 10th September 2018
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Record ID: DENO-6EEC7C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval cast copper alloy frame from a buckle dating to the period circa 1700-1720. The frame is an irregular rectangular in shape with the top and bottom edge curving slightly inwards towards the centre of the frame. At the centre of the two curved edges are three lobed knobs resting above the spindle holes. The spindle is missing, leaving traces of iron corrosion on the frame. The buckle is similar in form to an example shown in Whithead 1996 no 648, where it is noted that rectangular and sub-rectangular Jacobean shoe buckles become prevalent after the turn of th…
Created on: Monday 30th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
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Record ID: WILT-6EB9C3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval cast copper alloy single loop D shape buckle with a narrowed and offset strap bar dating to c AD 1250 - 1350. It is missing its pin The frame of the buckle is D shape in section with a wide outer frame but no decoration. The plate is folded around the strap bar but truncated, extending only a short way beyond the fold. The front plate has an escalloped attachment end, with three rivet holes, one roughly central and with two nearer to the bar. The plate is decorated with an incised border and traces of gilding. The frame is 16.13mm in length, 19.12mm in width…
Created on: Monday 30th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 10th September 2018
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