Record ID: CORN-F60773
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy double-loop or spectacle oval buckle frame which has a flat base and a convex profile. The strap bar is narrowed and flush with the rest of the frame. The pin is missing. There is a moulded fleuret knop on the outer edge of each loop. The sides of the frame are concave and there is a protrusion at either end of the strap bar. The pin is missing. The buckle frame is 44.6 mm long and 24.6 mm wide and 2.6 mm in thickness. The bar within the frame is 25 mm long and 2.9 mm wide and 3.1 mm in thickness. Whitehead (1996) illustrates similar examples on p.10, No.13 and on p…
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-D90070
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy double-loop annular buckle frame with moulded floral decoration in the form of a five-petalled flower. There are the remains of lateral moulded lines on each edge of the petals, which probably frame multiple incised transverse lines, but the surface of the frame is too worn and corroded to be sure. The strap bar is flush with the frame and narrowed and distorted. The pin is missing. The frame is 39.4 mm in diameter and 2 mm in thickness. The strap bar is 24 mm in length and 2.5 mm in thickness. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar example on page 47, No.272, which…
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-EF5EF0
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy single-looped D-shaped buckle with expanded outer edges and moulded floral or scrolled decoration. Narrowed and offset pin bar. The pin is formed of a pointed piece of copper sheet folded around the pin bar and incised with two lines across the width of the pin, where it begins to taper beyond the bar. The length of the buckle frame is 38.4 mm, the width of the frame is 23.4 mm and its thickness is 1.6 mm. The pin bar is 29 mm long and 3 mm in diameter and the pin is 22.4 mm long and 4.7 mm thick. The buckle weighs 7.31 g. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar …
Created on: Thursday 20th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-EF9922
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy double-looped ‘vesica-shaped’ spectacle buckle frame with punched annulets running along the outside edge of the frame. There is a perforated loop at either end of the narrowed pin bar, both of which are flush with the frame, and openwork in the shape of a heart within each pointed outer edge of the loop. The pin is missing. The length of the frame s 47.4 mm, the width of the frame is 27 mm and it is 2.2 mm thick. The frame weighs 7.67 g. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar example, in shape, on p.67, No.416, and, in openwork, on p.69, No.434, both of…
Created on: Thursday 20th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-BBFFA1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy double-looped, oval spectacle buckle frame, missing its pin. The frame has a flat base and a convex profile in cross-section and a simple, narrowed, central bar which is 2.5 mm thick. The frame has concave sides and rounded ends to the loops which have cusped or serrated outer edges. Each loop has eight filed grooves, giving the outer edge of the loop a cusped appearance, and one filed pin rest on the inside edge. The length of the frame is 34.5 mm and its width, from one end of the pin bar to the other, is 22 mm and its thickness is 2.3 mm. Whitehead (1996) illus…
Created on: Sunday 24th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-945563
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast gilt copper alloy double-looped, flat, trapezoidal buckle frame, likely used for a buckling spur. The loops have pointed ends and there is a lobed protrusion at either end of the strap bar. The strap bar is narrowed and flush with the frame. The outside edge of the frame is bevelled and it has a flat base. There is a line of punched circles around the edge of the frame and punched rosettes on the outer edge of each loop. The pin is missing but a lump of iron remains attached to the pin bar, as it has corroded onto it. The frame is 47 mm in length, 23.7 mm in width and 3 mm in th…
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-C857F5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy single-loop, kidney-shaped buckle with engraved rouletted oblique lines which form a wave pattern on the front edge. The frame has a flat base and a convex profile in section, apart from where it dips for the pin rest. The pin is also cast and tapers to a point from its wider hinge surrounding the narrowed pin bar. Judging from the delicate detail on this buckle, it was probably used for personal dress. The length of the frame is 39 mm and the width is 21.7 mm and the thickness is 3.3 mm. The length of the pin bar is 30 mm and its diameter 3 mm. The pin is 23 mm lon…
Created on: Friday 24th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-BABB41
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Broken cast copper alloy double-loop or spectacle oval buckle frame which has a flat base and a convex profile. One of the loops of the frame has been sheared off at the edge of the mouldings on either side of the strap bar. The strap bar is narrowed and triangular in section and the pin is missing. There is a moulded sexfoil knop, which resembles an acanthus leaf, on the outer edge of the loop that survives. The sides of the frame are concave and also have a moulded cinquefoil knop at either end of the strap bar. The remaining loop is 25 mm in length and 25.8 mm in width and 2.4 mm…
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-BAF001
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy double-loop annular buckle with bevelled inside edge and narrowed pin bar which shows signs of wear in the centre where the pin hinge would have encompassed it. The pin is missing but would probably have been made out of small section of copper alloy sheet. The base and upper surface of the frame are flattened and the outside of the frame is convex so that the frame is D-shaped in section. The buckle is 18.6 mm in diameter and 2.7 mm in thickness and the pin bar is 12 mm in length and 2 mm in thickness. The frame weighs 1.9 g. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a simila…
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-F5D613
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy double-loop rectangular buckle frame. The frame is almost rectangular in plan, with slightly concave sides, and flat in profile, with bevelled inside and outside edges. There are moulded pin rests on the outer edge of each loop which are divided in two and defined by a deep groove. There are trefoil mouldings at either end of the pin bar. The pin bar is narrowed and slightly recessed from the outer mouldings. The pin is missing. The buckle frame is 37.4 mm long and 24.1 mm wide and 3.2 mm in thickness. The bar within the frame is 23.5 mm long and 2.9 mm wide and 3.…
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-F62607
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy double-looped trapezoidal buckle with ornate outer edge consisting of two outer lobes and a pointed notched front in between for the pin to rest on. The pin has been made by curving a drawn piece of flattened copper alloy wire around the narrowed strap bar which has two protrusions, one at either end. The frame has a flat base and bevelled upper edges and is flat in profile and is missing its second loop. The buckle frame is 18.2 mm long and 22.1 mm wide and 2 mm in thickness. The bar is 19.3 mm long and 2.3 mm wide and 1.9 mm in thickness. The pin is 15 m…
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 27th September 2018
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Record ID: CORN-F65CF0
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy, double-looped, trapezium-shaped, shoe- or knee-buckle frame with drilled holes for a separate central spindle. The frame has rounded ends with flattened knops with moulded oblique grooves on the outer edge of each loop. The frame has concave sides and moulded transverse ridges around the spindle holes. The frame has a flat base and a convex profile in cross-section. The frame is missing its spindle, which would have held a copper alloy tongue and chape, but the spindle appears to have been made of iron as there are iron corrosion products around the drilled holes. …
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-D5A723
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy spectacle or double-loop oval buckle frame with moulded decoration and part of one loop missing, half of it having been forced over and pressed onto the back of the other loop. The frame is flat-based and convex in section. The pin rest is formed by a transverse ridge flanked by two sets of moulded oblique ridges on either side. The pin bar is broken and the pin missing, and iron oxide corrosion products attached to the pin bar suggest that the pin was probably made of iron. The frame is also corroded so that its dimensions have been reduced. It is 19 mm ml…
Created on: Friday 30th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-D67CE1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy spectacle or double-loop vesica-shaped buckle frame with part of one loop missing. The frame is flat-based and convex in section. The pin rest is formed by a slight transverse ridge, which does not extend to the edge of the point, protruding from the side of the loop. The strap bar is narrowed and has a protrusion at either end. The pin is missing, but would probably have been cast copper alloy. The frame is 55 mm mlong, 51.3 mm wide and 3.7 mm thick and the strap bar is 51.3 mm long and 5 mm thick. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar example on pag…
Created on: Friday 30th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-C0F2C7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper alloy double-loop sub-oval asymmetrical buckle frame with a separate strap and pin bar. Most of the oval main loop is missing, but the notched pin bar still retains the pin. The rectangular strap loop is also intact with its strap bar which runs parallel to the pin bar. The rectangular strap loop is 24.3 mm long, 11.3 mm wide and 2.5 mm thick and the pin bar is 19 mm long and 4 mm thick. The pin is 15.6 mm long and 3.7 mm wide and 2 mm thick. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar example on page 87, No.539, which is dated to c.1350-1450.
Created on: Sunday 23rd October 2005
Last updated: Saturday 18th August 2018
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Record ID: CORN-C103D8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy double-looped sub-annular shoe or knee buckle frame. The frame is flat and oval, with a simple central pin bar which is flush with the frame. The frame has a flat base and a convex profile in cross-section and a bevelled inside edge. The pin is missing, together with any plate or strap. The frame is 19.7 mm long and 16.9 mm wide and 2 mm thick and the pin bar is 9.6 mm long and 1.8 mm thick. Similar buckle frames are illustrated by Whitehead (1996) on page 48, No. 279 which is dated to c.1650-1720) and Read (1995) on page 143, no. 916, dated to c.1650-1700.
Created on: Sunday 23rd October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-1B37A7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy single-looped oval buckle frame with ornate outer edge and a narrowed and offset strap bar. The ornate outer edge is made up of four rows of four evenly spaced moulded notches, perhaps instead of a roller. The strap bar is narrowed and offset and the pin is missing, but there is wear where it would have been attached. The frame is 23.5 mm long, 18 mm wide and 2 mm in thickness. The strap bar is 8 mm long and 2 mm wide and 1.7 mm in thickness. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar example on p.22, No.92, which he dates to c.1250-1400. Read (1988) illustrates a…
Created on: Monday 21st November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-6FD545
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy double-loop, trapezoidal buckle with ornate moulded outer edges consisting of two outer lobes and a pointed front in the shape of a trefoil. The pointed centre of the edge of each loop is engraved with a notch, for the pin to rest on, and a transverse line which runs the length of the outer edge of the loop. The pin has been cast and the narrowed strap bar has two lobed protrusions, one at either end. The frame has a flat base and slightly bevelled upper edges and is flat in profile. The buckle frame is 36 mm long and 24 mm wide and 2 mm in thickness. The bar is 21.…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-70A791
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy asymmetrical, single-loop, sub-rectangular buckle with concave sides and moulded outer edge. The front of the edge is rounded with a single lobed knop in the centre. The knop is defined by two moulded lines which form a V pointing to the inside edge of the frame. The strap bar is recessed and narrowed. The frame is convex in section with a bevelled base that arches and rises towards the inner edge of the frame. The buckle frame is 39.4 mm long and 34.5 mm wide and 4 mm in thickness. The bar is 35 mm long and 2.3 mm wide and 3.7 mm in thickness. Whitehead (1996) illu…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-ABE931
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gilt copper alloy buckle with bevelled frame and integral plate. The plate is triangular and has decoration of two pairs of engraved lines, one pair down each of the long sides. The apex, at the attachment end, has an animal-head terminal. The plate has two circular rivet holes to attach to the spur strap, and a rectangular pin hole (the pin is missing). This type of buckle was used with spurs, and the gilding on the outer surface suggests that it was made for a knight. Egan and Pritchard (1991, 107, no. 487) illustrate a similar example but without the animal head, which comes fro…
Created on: Wednesday 30th March 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2018
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