Record ID: CORN-896798
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy single-loop spur buckle with an ornate outer edge and an integral plate ending in a hook. The loop or frame is square in plan and narrows to a triangular neck before expanding to the rectangular plate. The frame has a bifid pin rest with a central recess in the middle of the outer bar and a rounded protruding knop at each end of the bar. The side bars of the frame are narrowed and recessed and plano-convex in section. The inner edge of the frame has a circular rivet hole, 3mm in diameter, which the wire copper alloy pin would have also looped through, perforating two…
Created on: Wednesday 12th June 2013
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
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Record ID: CORN-D114C6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy zoomorphic 'gaping mouth beast' buckle dating from the late Early Medieval to the early Medieval period, c.1000-1150. The buckle has a single loop frame that is trapezoidal in plan, with rounded knops on each external corner, and hole, 5 mm in diameter, just inside the frame for the pin, now missing. The moulding beyond the loop is in the form of the head of a beast, perhaps a fish or sea monster, with its mouth wide open like a basking shark. On the top of the head is a Y-shaped crest forming eyebrows and a n…
Created on: Friday 20th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2020
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Record ID: CORN-D11FFA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast and tinned copper alloy Post-medieval double loop trapezoidal buckle, missing one loop, but with pin intact. The loop has a trefoil outer edge with three rounded knops and a transverse groove running the length of the edge and another groove perpendicular to this in the middle of the central knop for the pin rest. The strap bar also has rounded knops at either end and is flush with the frame. The second loop of the buckle has broken off where it would have met the knops at the end of the strap bar. There are patches of tinning on the surface of the frame and the pin. …
Created on: Friday 20th December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2020
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Record ID: CORN-D118F0
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy annular buckle of late Medieval to early Post-Medieval date c.1450-1550. The double-looped annular frame is of a design known as a rose buckle, being decorated in the form of a five petalled flower which varies between 31 and 32 mm in diameter and is 2 mm in thickness. Each petal has two lobes with incised decoration consisting of a border following the curved outer edge which frames several transverse lines radiating from it, but much of the upper surface is pitted and corroded so that the detail cannot be made out. The buckle has a strap bar that is 20 mm long an…
Created on: Friday 20th December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2020
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Record ID: CORN-7EEAEA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy annular buckle of late Medieval to early Post-Medieval date c.1450-1550. The double-looped annular frame is of a design known a rose buckle, being decorated in the form of a five petalled flower which varies between 28.5 and 25.5 mm in diameter and is 2.5 mm in thickness. Each petal has two lobes with incised decoration consisting of a border following the curved outer edge which frames several transverse lines radiating from it. The buckle has a strap bar 1.5 mm in width with the corroded remains of an iron pin attached. There are sections of the upper face of the…
Created on: Wednesday 5th June 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2020
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Record ID: CORN-8F79BB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-medieval cast and tinned copper-alloy double loop sub-oval buckle dating from c.1600-1700. The buckle is 43 mm in length, 32.5 mm in width, 2 mm in thickness and 8.45 g in weight. The frame has rounded corners and varies in width between 4 mm at the sides and 6.5 mm at each end. The strap bar is 2 mm wide with a large trilobed moulded knop at each end; the pin is missing. There are similar moulded trefoil knops mid-way along the outer edge the frame at each end of the buckle, with much shallower, bifid knops on the opposite, inner edges of the frame. Either side of the knops at…
Created on: Thursday 5th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 20th December 2019
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Record ID: CORN-8EB1FB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy pin from a D-shaped buckle, possibly dating from the Anglo-Saxon period, c.AD 575-625. The pin has broken off from the base plate above the loop that would have wound around the pin bar. The broken end is circular in section and 8 mm in diameter and the pointed end has been chiselled from both sides into a rectangular edge that is 5 mm in length and 3 mm in width. The base plates were often shield shaped as seen in D-shaped buckles illustrated in MacGregor & Bolick (1993) om pp.203-204, nos.34.45-34.52. See LVPL-A115C7 for a similar buckle on the database, which i…
Created on: Thursday 5th December 2019
Last updated: Monday 9th December 2019
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Record ID: CORN-E8CC08
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-medieval cast tinned copper-alloy double loop asymmetrical buckle with moulded decoration, dating from c.1575-1700. The buckle is 23 mm in length, 18.2 mm in width, 1.5 mm in thickness and 2.05 g in weight. The upper and lower surfaces of the buckle are flat. It has one rectangular and one D-shaped loop, separated by a central strap bar 1.3 mm wide which has small moulded knops at each end. The sides of the frame are straight and parallel. The D-shaped loop is trapezoidal in section and is 1.5 mm wide at the junction with the strap bar, narrowing to 0.9 mm at the centre of the …
Created on: Friday 15th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-E8D8AB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval to early Post-medieval cast copper-alloy double loop spectacle buckle with serrated outer edges, dating from c.1450-1600. The buckle is 20.5 mm in length, 14.5 mm in width, 2 mm in thickness and 1.35 g in weight. The buckle is thickest at the strap bar, which is 1.5 mm wide and undecorated; the two loops are 3 mm wide at the outer edges, where the central knop projects most, and are set at a slight upward angle so that the buckle is a shallow V-shape in profile. The loops are internally oval, but the outer edges are decorated with a series of knops. There are large rou…
Created on: Friday 15th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-E8D40A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-medieval cast copper-alloy single loop buckle with concave sides and rounded knopped front, dating from c.1500-1650. The buckle is 27.5 mm in length, 23.5 mm in width, 3.5 mm in thickness and 4.7 g in weight. The loop D-shaped in plan and S-shaped in cross-section with bevelled inner edges widening to the base. At the centre of the outer rounded edge is a single tear-shaped knop. The strap bar is 1.5 mm wide, rectangular in section and recessed below the top of the loop and the pin is missing. The surfaces of the buckle are undecorated and lightly coated with copper corrosion a…
Created on: Friday 15th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-46028C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy single- loop buckle frame with a broken integral plate spacer, dating from the Medieval period c.1350-1450. The overall length is 22 mm, the width is 20.5 mm and the thickness 2.5 mm and the weight 2.65 g. The frame is oval in plan and D-shaped in section, 3 mm in thickness, expanding to a raised angled knop where the pin would have rested. The plate spacer is 14 mm wide with a raised transverse bar that is 2 mm wide and contains the central circular pin hole that is 3 mm in diameter. The incomplete arms of the spacer are 8 mm long, and would have extended to form …
Created on: Thursday 7th November 2019
Last updated: Saturday 9th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-4612F7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy double loop annular buckle, dating from the Medieval to the early Post-medieval period, c.1350-1600. The buckle is circular in plan with a diameter of 23 mm, a thickness of 3 mm and weighing 4.2 g. The frame D-shaped in section with a vertical inside edge. The strap bar is 2.7 mm wide and very slightly recessed from the front edge of the frame. The folded, sheet copper-alloy pin remains in situ and there is some wear on the strap bar. The frame is undecorated but coated with a smooth, black lacquer. The surface at the back and on the bevelled inside edge is lightly…
Created on: Thursday 7th November 2019
Last updated: Saturday 9th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-DA32B2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy D-shaped single-looped strap-end buckle with plate. The whole buckle is 45 m long, 24 mm wide, 4.7 mm in height and 3 mm in thickness, and is plain and undecorated. The single-looped frame is rectangular in section and 24 mm long, 17 mm wide, 4.7 mm deep and 1.5 mm in thickness, The rectangular plate is 30 mm in length and 14. 5 mm in width and consists of a strip of metal 0.5 mm thick which has been folded around the strap bar. The total weight is 6.65 g. The folded plate was secured to the strap by two rivets close to its open end with the remnants of the coarse,…
Created on: Monday 21st October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 30th October 2019
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Record ID: CORN-9CD346
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy single-loop buckle of Post-medieval date (c.1500-1650), D-shaped in plan and in section, missing its pin around the strap bar. From the rounded and slightly splayed feet attached to the strap bar, the frame narrows along its edges, before flaring slightly and forming a flattened and expanded rounded outer edge and straight inner edge to the loop. The inner edge has an expanded waist where there is a recessed lip and groove which acts as the pin rest. The narrowed strap bar is recessed from the frame and is square in cross-section. Most of the original surf…
Created on: Sunday 6th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 9th October 2019
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Record ID: CORN-4C4677
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tinned cast copper alloy double loop buckle frame with oval, almost heart-shaped loops in plan which are D-shaped in section with steep internal bevelled edges. There are trefoil mouldings divided by two deep grooves on the outer edge of each loop and either side of the strap bar. The strap bar is narrowed and trapezoidal in section and the pin is missing. There are patches of tinning on the upper face and on the back of the frame, but the surface is quite pitted form corrosion. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar example on p.64, no.396, which is dated from c.1550-1650.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 3rd October 2019
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Record ID: CORN-3625AC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Damaged cast copper alloy double-looped buckle with moulded pin rests and pointed lobed knops at either end of the strap bar which is narrowed and slightly recessed and trapezoidal in section. The buckle is missing its pin and one of its loops is damaged and broken away from the strap bar. The loop that is not bent is D-shaped in plan and plano-convex in section with a bevelled inner edge. There are a few patches of black lacquer remaining on both the upper face and the back of the frame. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar buckle frame on page 61, no.360, which is dated from c.…
Created on: Thursday 19th September 2019
Last updated: Saturday 28th September 2019
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Record ID: CORN-BE53F6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy Post-medieval spectacle buckle. The buckle has two oval loops and is 53 mm wide, 48 mm deep, 3 mm in thickness and 13 g in weight. The corroded strap bar is trapezoidal in section, 2.5 mm in width and recessed from the front edge of the frame, with a raised lozenge-shaped knop at each end; one of the knops is almost completely missing due to the corrosion and leaves a lozenge-shaped recess. The central section of the strap bar has been heavily worn by the now missing pin. The loops are D-shaped in plan and in section with steeply bevelled inner edges; one loop is …
Created on: Thursday 26th September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 26th September 2019
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Record ID: CORN-10E472
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cast copper-alloy double-looped spectacle buckle. The buckle is 21 mm long, 15 mm wide, 2 mm in thickness and 1.55 g in weight. The strap bar is intact, trapezoidal in section, 1.2 mm in width, but the pin is missing and there is little wear on the bar. The loops are D-shaped in plan and in section with bevelled inner edges and there are three transverse engraved lines on each loop. The strap bar is flush with the level of the frame and has a small terminal knop at each end. Spectacle buckles were in common use between the 14th and late 17th centuries but most commonly in the …
Created on: Saturday 24th August 2019
Last updated: Saturday 24th August 2019
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Record ID: CORN-AFFC5C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy spectacle buckle. The buckle measures 28.5 mm wide, 26 mm long, 2 mm in thickness and 4.45 g in weight. The strap bar is intact, trapezoidal in section, 1.5 mm in width, but the pin is missing and there some wear on the bar which has also corroded to a thinner width at the centre. The D-shaped loops are plano-convex in section with bevelled inner edges. The strap bar is flush with the level of the frame and there are no terminal knops. The upper surface of the frame has the remains of moulded decoration which has mostly corroded away. Spectacle buckles were in comm…
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Thursday 8th August 2019
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Record ID: CORN-4C0603
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy 'cooking pot'-shaped loop buckle chape with a single internal spike and two cylinders at its attachment end, where it would have slotted around the spindle within the buckle frame. This tube is divided in half with a central gap for the tongue loop, but the tongue is now missing, as is the spindle that would have held it there. The spike on the inside of the loop was pressed through a hole in the latchet of the shoe, to secure the buckle. These loop chapes were only made with a single spike and fitted with a single tongue from the 1690s to about 1720, when two spikes…
Created on: Monday 19th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 10th July 2019
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