Record ID: BH-C72DF1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper-alloy buckle plate of Medieval date. The plate is triangular, flat and bent out of shape across the mid-point. At one end are two sub-rectangular tabs with a recess between for a pin.  The upper edges of the tabs are broken but curve slightly. At the opposite end of the plate is a tip with a missing point. The sides of the plate are straight. One is damaged. The faces of the plate are flat and undecorated. The patina across the object, including the breaks, is mid green in colour. The plate measures 44.7mm long, 21.9mm wide, 2.4mm thick and weighs…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
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Record ID: BH-9140EA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete pin from a Medieval buckle. The pin is oval in cross-section with a cross moulding at the broken attachment end. The break is old and worn. The stem is slepped and tapers gradually to a worn point. The patina is light brown in colour. The pin measures 38.2mm long, 11.5mm wide at the cross mouldings, a maximum of 4.5mm wide at the stem, 4mm thick and weighs 4.52 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: BH-8512E6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval cast copper-alloy buckle dating c. AD 1200-1400. The buckle comprises the looped frame and broken plate. The loop is D-shape with a thickened bevelled outer edge and narrowed pin bar. Attached to the pin bar is a flat rectangular plate made from a single piece of copper-alloy folded at one end in two folds to make two parallel plates. One of the folds is broken so that the looped frame isn't secure. At the open end of the plate are two circular-sectioned iron rivets, one in each corner. Only the heads of these survive and the corners of the …
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 2023
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Record ID: BH-A5CD48
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper-alloy zoomorphic tubular buckle frame dating c. AD 1100-1200. The head is broadly sub-cylindrical with an oval shape aperture forming the open mouth and rear head of the animal. The face has worn moulded decoration of concentric circular forward-facing eyes, an elongated ridged snout, an angled brow and a circular recession on each side o the head as ears. The rest of the head is heavily worn. A rectangular shaped and sectioned loop projects from the lower edge of the back of the head. The pin bar is narrowed while the pin bar is missing. The patin…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2023
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Record ID: BH-59F44E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval to Post Medieval cast copper-alloy double loop oval buckle dating c. AD 1350-1650. The frame is annular and D-shape in cross-section with a circular-sectioned pin bar. The reverse is otherwise flat.  Attached to the pin bar is a short pin comprising a single piece of rectangular sheet pointed at one end and looped at the other. The surface patina of the frame and pin is mottle dark brown and dark green in colour. The buckle measures 35.2mm diameter and 5.8mm thick. It weighs 11.4 grams.
Created on: Friday 23rd June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: BH-59DCA1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval to Post Medieval cast copper-alloy double loop oval buckle dating c. AD 1350-1650. The frame is sub-D-shape in cross-section with rounded inner and outter edges. The outside edges of both loops are bevelled with four lobes and equally spaced sets of transverse grooves. The pin bar is narrowed and sub-D-shape in cross-section. Attached to this is a short pin comprising a sigle piece of rectangular sheet pointed at one end and looped at the other. The suface patina is dark brown in colour. The buckle measures 28mm in length, 28.3mm in width, 2.4mm in thickness and we…
Created on: Friday 23rd June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2023
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Record ID: BH-593ADB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval cast copper-alloy single loop buckle with forked spacers dating c. AD 1350-1450. The frame is oval, D-shape in cross-section and lipped. The outside edge is bevelled with a pointed knop. The narrowed pin bar divides the squared ribbed base plates of the pointed spacers. The underside of the frame is flat. The patina across the frame is dark brown in colour. The surfaces are broadly worn, with scratching across the outside edge. The frame measures 38.8mm long, 24.8mm wide, 2.6mm thick and weighs4.6 grams. For a similar buckle frame see Whitehead 1996…
Created on: Friday 23rd June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2023
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Record ID: BH-1B766E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval cast copper-alloy trapezoidal buckle dating c. AD 1200-1400. The outside edge of the frame is englarged and circular in cross-section. At either end the bar narrows and turns into the narrower sub-circular top and bottom edges, each of which has a bevelled inside edge. Connecting the two edges is a narrowed, inwardly bent, circular-sectioned bar. The outside, top and bottom edgea are decorated with several grooves. The bar is plain. Attached to the bar is a pin made from a single piece of rectangular-sectioned plate that is pointed at one end and, at the other…
Created on: Tuesday 20th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: BH-A65DB2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval cast copper-alloy buckle plate dating c. AD 1200-1400. The plate is sub-rectangular with tapering long edges, rounded corners and an uneven squared edge at the non-pin end. At the opposite end is a surviving frame recess and the remains of one half of a rectangular fold. Only a worn scar from the adjacent fold attached to the main plate survives. Between the fold and the scar is approximately a third of what would have a been a circular pin recess. The body of the plate is flat but bent out of shape and is not decorated. Across the plate are two ci…
Created on: Friday 20th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 10th July 2023
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Record ID: BH-FD5930
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Post Medieval rectangular shoe buckle dating c. AD 1690-1720. The frame is broadly rectangular in cross-section with a widened outer edge decorated with three serrations. On the reverse of the adjacent arm is an enlarged spindle moulding with a circular perforation through it. The two breaks are transverse and worn. The patina is mottled dark green with areas of light green lamination. The buckle measures 25mm in length, 28.3mm in width, 4.3mm maximum thickness and weighs 3.91 grams.
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2023
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Record ID: BH-FD123E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval cast copper-alloy double loop buckle dating to the period c. AD 1630-1690. Only part of one loop survives. The frame is sub-D-shape in cross-section with an enlarged angled outer edge decorated with a wide groove. The reverse is undecorated. The patina across the surfaces is mottled light green and dark brown. The buckle frame measures 53mm in length, 28.5mm in width, 2mm in maximum thickness and weighs 7.45 grams.
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2023
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Record ID: BH-FCB81A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval rectangular buckle dating from the 17th-18th century. The arms of the frame are oval in cross-section while the corner is flattened and is decorated with five angled grooves. One arm surface features two parallel grooves. The reverse is flat with slightly bevelled inner edges. The surface patina is light brown in colour. The buckle frame measures 25.7mm in length, 22.6mm in width, 3.3mm in maximum thickness and weighs 3.08 grams.
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2023
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Record ID: BH-FC32C3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Post Medieval cast copper-alloy rectangular buckle frame dating c. AD 1720-1790. The frame is rectangular and sub-lozenge in cross-section. The surface has stamped decoration comprising two parallel ridges with a leaf motif within it and at one end a raised pelleted circle within which is a six-petalled flower. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The surface patina is a mottled mid brown and mid green colour. The fragment measures 27.8mm in length, 9.5mm in width, 1.7mm in thickness and weighs 2.40 grams. Possibly part of BH-FC1C75.
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2023
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Record ID: BH-FC1C75
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval cast copper-alloy rectangular buckle dating c. AD 1720-1790. The frame is rectangular and sub-lozenge in cross-section. The surface has stamped decoration comprising two parallel ridges with two leaf motifs within it and at one end a raised pelleted circle within which is a six-petalled flower. The reverse is flat and undecorated except for a thickened part of the frame incorporating the spindle hole. The surface patina is an even mid brown colour. The fragment measures 39.9mm in length, 16.9mm in width, 1.4mm in thickness and weighs 4.49 grams. …
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2023
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Record ID: BH-FBF678
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval cast copper-alloy buckle, probably of the knee or shoe varierty, dating c. AD 1660-1800. The fragment comprises the enlarged spindle frame with a portion of the D-sectioned frame to one side. The spindle hole has part of the broken circular-sectioned iron spindle within it. At each end of the frame is a worn transverse break. The surface patina across the object is mottled mid green and mid brown in colour. The fragment measures 28.4mm in length, 8.1mm in width, a maximum of 5.2mm in thickness and weighs 3.15 grams.
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2023
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Record ID: BH-FBE21A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval cast copper-alloy buckle, probably of the knee or shoe varierty, dating c. AD 1660-1800. The fragment comprises part of the frame either side of the spindle hole. The frame is flat D-shape in cross-section and expands around the spindle hole, which is circular. At each end of the frame is a worn transverse break. The surface patina across the object is mottled mid green and mid brown in colour. The fragment measures 42.7mm in length, 6mm in width, a maximum of 4.9mm in thickness and weighs 4.97 grams.
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2023
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Record ID: BH-ED7439
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy (pewter) buckle dating to the Post Medieval period (c. AD 1660-1720). The buckle frame is oval in plan, convex at the front and bevelled on the reverse. There is a drilled hole each side of the frame to accommodate the circular-sectioned iron spindle, short portions of which remain in the holes. The upper surface of the frame is decorated with multiple moulded transverse grooves. The underside of the frame is plain. The frame is 27.8mm in length, a maximum of 22.6mm in width, 3.5mm thick and weighs 4.86 grams. See Whitehead 1996, p. 9…
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2023
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Record ID: BH-ED4BB5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy double loop buckle frame and partial pin dating from the Medieval to Post Medieval period (c. AD 1350-1650). The two loops are D-shape in form and in cross-section, with slightly flared outside edges. The inside edges of the underside are bevelled. The pin bar is recessed, sub-triangular in cross-section and narrowed. The loop end of the iron pin survives, wrapped around the pin bar. This is heavily corroded. The surfaces of the frame and pin are undecorated and have patchy mid-green and light brown patination. The buckle is 26.1mm in…
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2023
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Record ID: BH-BE97DD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval cast copper-alloy annular buckle dating to the period AD 1200-1400. The frame and pin are separated but are undoubtedly part of the same object. The frame is circular and oval in cross-section. The surface is smooth and intact except for two areas of lamination. The pin loop is D-sectioned and extends into a transverse ridge decorated with two ridges and two grooves, and beyond this a rectangular pin with a rounded point. Both the frame and the pin have an even mid grey patina. The frame measures 31.6mm in external diameter and is 4.7mm wide…
Created on: Monday 9th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2023
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Record ID: BH-BE6F35
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval cast copper-alloy double loop trapezoidal buckle with openwork frame dating c. AD 1620-1680. The frame is D-shape in cross-section with an elaborate trefoil moulding, oval knops ad three crescentic perforations at the narrow end. At the wider end is a wide openwork plate of 12 circular and sub-circular holes, knoped upper and lower edges and a lobed outer edge. The underside of the buckle is flat and undecorated except for the recede strap bar. The surface patina is dark brown in colour. The buckle measures 49.5mm in length, 67.7mm in widt…
Created on: Monday 9th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2023
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