Record ID: SUSS-E48690
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval copper alloy double loop oval buckle dating between AD 1550-1650 The frame is roughly oval in plan and D-shaped in cross section, with concave long sides with a projecting knop at either end of the pin bar. The outside edges of each loop also expand into a pointed knop, the internal outside edges are also slightly expanded creating a kidney shaped aperture. A loose copper alloy wrap around pin has survived in situ, formed from a copper strip measuring 22.11mm long. One loop has of the buckle has slightly bevelled inside edges, the o…
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-7F01F1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval copper alloy double loop oval buckle dating between AD 1550-1650 The frame is roughly oval in plan and D-shaped in cross section, with concave long sides with a projecting knop at either end of the pin bar. The outside edges of each loop also expand into a pointed knop.  A loose copper alloy wrap around pin has survived, (free of the pin bar), measuring 12.03mm long. One loop has of the buckle has slightly bevelled inside edges, as well as a very narrow break in the frame near the pin bar. The buckle is light green in colo…
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-B048FC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy shoe or knee buckle of Post-medieval date (c. AD 1690-1720). The buckle frame is convex, and sub-rectangular in plan with rounded corners. The buckle features a cast copper-alloy stud chape and most of the pin is missing. The long edges of the frame are decorated with longitudinal grooves and the surfaces are covered in a black laquer.   The buckle has a dark brown patina, with patches of corrosion. Its reverse is plain. Measurements: length 50.65mm, length of frame 40.17mm, width 31.42mm, thickness 6.80mm, thi…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-86CD5B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete Medieval copper alloy single looped buckle (meols type 8) and plate dating c. 1250-1450. Only the pin is missing. The frame has a single oval loop with a narrowed and offset bar. The outside edge is expanded with moulded decoration comprising two angled knops flanking two transverse ridges between which is a slightly angled outside edge with central pin notch. The buckle plate plate is formed from a single narrow rectangular copper alloy sheet which is wrapped around the bar with a slot to accommodate the now missing pin, and square cut …
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-6E7680
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval cast copper alloy single loop buckle (Meols type 8); with intact plate dating between AD 1230-1400. The object consists of the buckle and attached plate. The buckle is oval in plan with a D-shaped cross section and the strap bar is narrowed and offset. The outside edge of the buckle is expanded with cast moulded decoration comprising two lobed knops at either end with four transverse ridges between them. The plate is formed of a single copper alloy sheet bent around the strap bar, with a central rectangular slot to accommodate the pin and notches each sid…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-094023
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, post medieval cast copper alloy rectangular shoe/knee buckle dating between AD 1660-1720. The frame is broadly rectangular in plan and cross section, with a convex profile suggesting it is a shoe/knee buckle. Each outside edge expands into a triangular projection. On the upper surface, the sides and interior edge of the frame are decorated with transverse cast moulded grooves/ridges. The concave reverse face of the buckle is undecorated. A seperately cast copper alloy spindle with an iron spindle bar remains in situ between drilled hol…
Created on: Thursday 29th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-4CBF19
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval copper alloy trapezoidal double looped buckle dating between AD 1570-1700. Only one loop and the pin bar survives; the other loop is lost to worn breaks.  The surviving loop is D-shaped in cross-section with slightly bevelled inside edges. The reverse surface has a very faint cast central groove running the length of the frame. The copper alloy pin remains in situ, wrapped around the pin bar. The pin is formed of a sheet of rectangular metal, tapering to a point, and is incomplete. The buckle is dark green/black in colour, with possible traces o…
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-218041
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval copper alloy single loop buckle and plate dating between AD 1200-1350 The frame is D-shaped, with a D-shaped cross section. The outer edge is slightly expanded, with an offset narrowed strap bar. The copper alloy pin is still in place, formed of a rectangular strip that passes through a slot at the top of the plate and wraps around the pin bar, tapering to a point. The buckle plate is formed from a single piece of metal sheet wrapped around the bar with a small slot cut out to accommodate the pin. The upper plate is broadly rectangular but narrows…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-10262D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and incomplete Post Medieval iron shoe buckle with a loop chape and pitchfork tongue dating c. 1720-1790. The rectangular frame is undecorated with rounded corners and is drilled to accommodate the separate spindle. Attached to the spindle is a pitchfork tongue and the stubs of the base of a loop chape. The side profile of the frame is curved to fit the foot. The object is covered in orange and brown corrosion. Measurements: length 48.11mm, width 59.29mm, thickness 3.65mm, weight 24.78g. Similar examples are illustated in Whitehead (2003) p. 104 and 10…
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-0F8133
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval to Post Medieval iron assymetrical buckle with double strap/pin bar dating c. 1350-1700. The frame is asymmetrical with a D-shaped loop and a flat transverse bar separating the D-shaped loop from the trapezoidal half. A second flat bar dividing the trapezoidal half functions as the pin bar, with a waisted centre to accommodate the wrap around pin. Both bars are decorated with grooves running inside each long edge. The triangular pin is flat with moulded decoration comprising two rectangular panels separated by a broad transverse g…
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-6D3795
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval to post-medieval cast copper-alloy double looped spectacle buckle. dating c. AD 1350-1650. The buckle only has one full loop remaining with a small section of the second loop. The central strap bar still remains but the pin is missing.The remaining loop is roughly D-shape in cross-section. The loop is lightly bevelled with a flat reverse and no decoration visible. The buckle is a greenish grey with a pitted surface. The buckle measures 25.61mm long, 23.94mm wide, 2.07mm thick and weighs 1.74g. This common buckle type is recorded extens…
Created on: Thursday 4th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-69A4DE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Post Medieval, double looped oval buckle with tri-lobed ornate plate dating c. AD 1550-1650. Only one D-shaped loop of the frame survives with a central bar with short pointed projections at each end. The upper surface of the frame is decorated in cast moulded relief depicting foliate vine leaves. The reverse of the frame is plain with bevelled inside edges. The ornate buckle plate is also present and is formed from a sheet of copper alloy folded around the central bar with rectangular slot to…
Created on: Thursday 4th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-54DFF5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval cast copper alloy rectangular knee or shoe buckle with a drilled frame for a separate spindle. c.AD1660-1720. The frame is bent in profile indicating its function as a shoe or knee buckle. It has expanded triangular outside edges with rows of notches on the inside edge of the upper surface. The upper surface also has moulded decoration in the form of a raised border of transverse ribs/grooves on the long sides of the frame. The spindle is missing but there are deposits of iron oxide inside the spindle holes in the frame and on the underside o…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-41DB5C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early Post Medieval copper alloy double looped oval buckle with moulded decoration dating c. AD 1550-1650. The frame is complete but worn and the pin is missing. The pin bar has a trapezoidal cross-section with a knop at each end projecting from the edge of the frame. Each loop has a collared barrel moulding on the centre of the outside edge; from which extends a moulded curvilinear rib to each corner terminating in a protruding knop. The buckle frame has a dark green patina and traces of black lacquer survive on the end of the pin bar. Measurements: length: 27.55m…
Created on: Thursday 21st December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-094D39
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and very corroded Post Medieval copper alloy rectangular two-piece Georgian shoe buckle dating c. AD1720-1790.  The frame is sub-rectangular in section. It has rounded corners, and an arched side profile with each loop measuring from 6.79mm at the spindle axis to 3.73mm thick at the front edge.The buckle is missing its spindle pin and chape/tongue. There are no traces of decoration. It is covered with iron corrosion. Measurements: length 65.96mm, width 56.11mm, thickness 6.79mm, weight 38.61g. Whitehead (2016) states that shoe buckles increased in size throug…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-05D2AD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and corroded Post Medieval copper alloy gilded double loop buckle dating to c. AD 1550-1650. The loops are D shaped in plan and cross-section with a rectangular sectioned pin bar with a projecting knop at each end. The pin is missing.The loops decorated in moulded relief with multiple oblique and transverse grooves and a projecting knob on the centre of each outside edge. The surface is heavily corroded but there are traces of gilding surviving. There are patches of orange rust around the centre of the bar and on the edge of one loop suggesting an iro…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-DC7892
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast, copper-alloy Post- Medieval single loop buckle dating to c.AD 1500-1650. The buckle frame is rectangular with moulded frame and narrowed strap bar. The sides of the frame are concave with bifid mouldings. The outside edge of the frame also has bifid mouldings meeting in the middle at a moulded pin-groove. The pin is missing.  The buckle measures 22.90mm long, 28.80mm wide, 3.38mm thick and weighs 6g. A similar example is recorded on the PAS database: CORN-2DD1DA and Whitehead (1996) illustrates similarly moulded single loop sub-rectangular bu…
Created on: Monday 4th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-9C5004
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast, Post Medieval, copper-alloy,  double-looped, trapezoidal, buckle dating c. AD 1620-1680. The buckle is broadly rectangular in shape and waisted in the middle at the pin bar creating concave sides terminating in projecting lobes. The lobes on one side are missing so semi-worn breaks.  The outside edges of each side are different. Between the lobes on one side the frame expands into a triangular projection. On the other side between the breaks is a central bifid knop with a rounded projection on each side. The pin is missing. The frame has a …
Created on: Friday 1st December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-CA18EE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast Post Medieval copper alloy double-loop shoe buckle with pitchfork tongue and double spike chape dating c. AD 1720-1800. The buckle frame is of rectangular form with rounded corners with a drilled frame for a separate spindle. The frame is plain with a rectangular section and transverse break on one side near the spindle.  The point of attachment for the spindle is thicker, expanded on the reverse to accommodate the spindle. The reverse is plain and undecorated. The pitchfork tongue and double spiked chape (Type VII) in White…
Created on: Thursday 9th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-A5EE02
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval copper alloy single loop buckle (Meols type 11) dating between c.AD 1250 - 1400.  The buckle has a sub-oval frame that is oval in cross section, with a narrowed and offset strap bar. The pin is missing. The outside edge opposite the bar is thickened and projecting, with a constricted central section wrapped with a copper alloy sheet roller which is flanked by two lobed knops. The sheet roller has a worn decoration of transverse ribs. The join of the roller is visible on the underside of the buckle. The object has a dark gr…
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
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