Record ID: CORN-B008ED
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy double-loop buckle with trapezoidal frame. The buckle is 35 mm long and 22 mm wide and 2.6 mm thick. The frame has trefoil outer edges and small worn knops at each end of the strap bar which is bevelled and 2.7 mm wide but flush with the frame. The inner edges of both ends of the frame are vertical and the faces are decorated with an incised transverse line. The outer edges of the frame have central pointed knops with transverse grooves as pin rests and ovoid knops at the corners. The pin is wrapped around the pin bar but missing sections of its outer layer and is …
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Sunday 26th August 2018
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Record ID: SOM-AD812E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval cast copper alloy plate of a double loop shoe or knee buckle, dating to AD 1660 to 1720. The chape is D-shape with the centre of the curve projecting into an elongated knop which would have a raised stud at the end, now missing. It measures 20.0 mm in length and 11.8 mm in width where holds a copper alloy strap bar in situ. The pin is now missing but it was probably made of iron, as suggest traces of iron corrosion around the bar, on both sides of the plate. The reverse is plain. The plate measures 20.0 mm in length, 11.8 mm in width, 1.6 mm in thickness…
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Sunday 2nd September 2018
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Record ID: ESS-AC7A0C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper-alloy buckle of Roman date, Hawkes and Dunning type IIB, dating to the later Roman period, c. AD 250 - 400. The remaining portion of the buckle shows a partial loop and frame cast integrally. There is openwork design present on the frame in the form of circular holes, underneath which there are rectangular voids. At the edge of the buckle plate, close to the join with the loop, there is a smaller circular hole which acts as a rivet hole. The outside edge of the buckle plate curves outward to a knop at the base of the loop to accommodate the rivet hole. There…
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th November 2018
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Record ID: DENO-AC370A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, medieval, copper alloy locking buckle (c. 1350-1450). It has a separate centre bar which extends outside the rectangular frame on one side and curves around to form a finger bar which terminates in a spherical knob. The frame has characteristic flanged sides which are drilled to recieve the bar over which the spindle is fixed. Notched pin groove, with a transverse groove along the front edge of the frame, into which the arm could be locked. This edge of the frame is deeper than the other. This arm may have been used to suspend a purse or other personal possessions. Overall…
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2019
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Record ID: DENO-ABA7B3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete, medieval, D-shaped decorative frame with plate (c. 1150- 1400). The frame has two paired and raised bands, on its outer edge, either side of a pointed pin notch, the pin bar is offset and narrowed. The pin is missing. The back of the buckle is flat, with a slight bevelled internal edge.The plate which has slight damage along edges, is undecorated and has a pin slot and five rivet holes, with two rivets extant and one visible on the back of the plate. Frame, Length 25.5mm, Width 40.4mm, Thickness 5.2mm., Plate, Length 31.3mm, Width 30.4mm, Thickness 5.3.mm. Overall,…
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
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Record ID: DOR-AB9601
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy buckle frame. One D-shaped loop and the centre bar only remaining. The frame is D-shaped in cross section. The front face is decorated with a moulded rosetted at the point in the outer edge (a central pellet with seven set around it in a cricle. There is a rounded knop on each side of the loop. The bar is narrowed fron the frame with a D-shaped cross section. At either end of the bar is an acorn-shaped knop. Date: Post Medieval - c. 1550 - 1650 Dimensions: 32.40 mm x 36.66 mm x 2.80 mm Weight: 7.46 g A similar buckle is recorded in Whitehead, R, 1996, Buck…
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 20th August 2018
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Record ID: DENO-AA9B47
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crude but complete, probably medieval to post medieval (1200 - 1700) copper alloy pin from a buckle. The pin has a rectangular cross-section, with the four flat faces tapering down to a point. At the other end, the pin is pierced to fit the bar. Length 32.2mm, Width 3.4mm, Width at head 5.1mm, Weight 1.50g
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-AA28A0
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to Post Medieval double looped buckle dating from about AD 1350 - 1650. Each loop is D shaped, with a central bar. There is a notch for the pin rest on each loop, and the loops angle upwards from the bar. The plate is missing, and there is a copper alloy wire pin. The buckle is similar to examples on page 53 of Whitehead. It is 21mm long, 17.1mm wide and 3.5mm thick. 1.9g. It has a grey green patina.
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd August 2018
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Record ID: KENT-AA25B1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, worn, cast, silver, two piece shoe or knee buckle dating to the Post-Medieval period (c. AD 1660-1720). Description: The buckle consists of a slightly convex trapezoidal flat, frame with rounded ends and slightly concave sides. The frame is decorated on either side of the spindle with moulded scrolling, forming the impression of a pair of outstretched wings. At the centre of each end of the frame is a sub-circular moulded decoration with internal details, possibly initials, which are too worn to decipher. The reverse of the frame is flat and plain with visible file m…
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 10th February 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-AA1E02
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to Post Medieval double looped buckle dating from about AD 1350 - 1650. Each loop is D shaped, with a central bar. There is a notch for the pin rest on each loop, and the loops angle upwards from the bar. The pin and plate are missing, The buckle is similar to examples on page 53 of Whitehead. It is 22.1mm long, 16mm wide and 3.7mm thick. 2.5g. It has a grey green patina.
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd August 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-AA13C0
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy single-looped buckle frame of medieval date, about AD1250-1400. The loop is D shaped with an expanded outer edge, and a projecting knop at the apex. The knop is biconcave on the outer edge. The strap bar is offset but missing, as is the pin and plate. The object has a dark greem patina with some exposed metal which is reddish in colour. Similar examples can be found illustrated in Whitehead (1996, 24; 107ff.). Whitehead suggests that these buckles date from the 13th and 14th centuries. See also the Meols Catalogue, numbers 758 and 762 on page 103. Parallels cited therei…
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 24th August 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-AA1287
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to Post Medieval double looped buckle dating from about AD 1350 - 1650. Each loop is D shaped, whith a central bevelled bar. The pin and plate are missing, The buckle is similar to examples on page 53 of Whitehead. It is 24.6mm long, 20.4mm wide and 3.4mm thick. 3.5g. It has a dark grey patina.
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 24th August 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-AA011E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval buckle dating from about AD 1200 - 1500. It is a single loop D shaped buckle with an ornate outer edge. The bar is recessed. The sides and the outer edge are moulded into seven slightly pointed lobes with cusps between them, the central lobe acting as the pin rest. There is no similar buckle in the Meols Catalogue or Egan and Pritchard, but the style is very similar to the bows on som Medieval keys, and on arched pendant mounts such as those on page 223 of Egan and Pritichard which are from contexts dated AD 1350 - 1450. The buckle has a pin which is made from sheet metal …
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 24th August 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-A9B449
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Medieval buckle fragment dating from AD 1250 - 1350. Only part of the outer edge and part of one side of the buckle survives. It would have been D shaped or pentagonal and is similar to a Meols type 6 buckle (page 84 and 91). The outer edge is expanded into a wide, stright edge, but unlike Meols Type 6, there are no grooves across the extension. The buckle is 12.7mm long, 23.9mm wide and 2.7mm thick. 2.6g. The metal has a green a speckled black patina.
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 23rd August 2018
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