The Gilbert Collection - Buckles without plates

BACK TO MAIN MENU Buckle loops without plates single loop buckles and double loop buckles without belt fragments
Single buckle loops without plates
	Buckle loop with ornate oval BU01 Object: Buckle loop Culture: Medieval. 13th-14th century Area of Origin: York, England Material: Copper alloy Size: 30mm width Weight: 7.84 grams Notes: Buckle loop is oval shaped and has four raised knops at the shoulders with two raised globules which accomodates the pin. Use with a folded plate is indicated by the recess at the buckle base. The pin has a collar towards the base, is complete and moves freely.
	Buckle loop with ornate oval BU02 Object: Buckle loop Culture: Medieval. 14th century Country of Origin: England Material: Copper alloy Size: 20mm width Weight: 2.64 grams Notes: Buckle loop has two raised knops with 4 raised bars in between the central one which accomodates the pin. Use with a folded plate is indicated by the recess at the buckle base. The pin is complete and moves freely.
	Buckle with cross hatching BU19 Object: Buckle loop Culture: Medieval. 13th-14th century Area of Origin: UK Material: Size: 21mm x 19mm Weight: 3.11 grams Notes: The buckle frame has two centrally positioned cross-hatched knops. The frame is lyre-shaped and has a series of grooves down the sides. The bar has a groove to accomodate a pin which is not present. Minute traces of gilding are seen under magnification. Similar to: Medieval Artifacts, Nigel Rees, Item NM17, dated 14th century and found East Anglia.
	Buckle Lyre-shaped BU20 Object: Buckle Culture: Medieval Area of Origin: Yorkshire, England Material: Bronze Size: 36mm X 25mm Weight: 3.54 grams Notes: Lyre-shaped buckle frame with a point at the apex of the pin. The buckle frame is complete and unbroken. The pin is complete and moves freely. No traces of gilding or decoration are evident. It is of cast construction. From a small collection formed in the 1980's. Similar to: Buckle frame is slightly similar to Musuem of London, Dress Accessories, Pritchard & Egan, Item 416. Trig Lane which has a lyre-shaped frame and a leather strap.
	Buckle loop with ornate oval BU03 Object: Buckle loop Culture: Medieval. 14th century Area of Origin: North Yorkshire, England Material: Copper alloy Size: 28mm width Weight: 4.07 grams Notes: Buckle loop has two raised knops with two raised bars in between. A groove to accomodate the pin is central. Use with a folded plate is indicated by the recess at the buckle base. The pin is absent. Similar to: buckle 299 found at Trig Lane, London, MoL Dress Assessories, Egan & Pritchard
	Buckle loop without pin BU04 Object: Buckle loop Culture: Medieval. 14th century Country of Origin: England Material: Copper alloy Size: 23mm width Weight: 3.47 grams Notes: Buckle loop has two raised knops with two raised bars in between. A groove to accomodate the pin is central. Use with a folded plate is indicated by the recess at the buckle base. The pin is absent. Similar to: buckle 295 found at Swan Lane, London, MoL Dress Assessories, Egan & Pritchard
	Buckle loop with ornate loop BU05 Object: Buckle loop Culture: Medieval. 14th century Country of Origin: England Material: Size: 25mm width Weight: 3.68 grams Notes: Buckle loop has two raised knops with two raised bars in between. A groove to accomodate the pin is central. Use with a folded plate is indicated by the recess at the buckle base. The pin is absent. Similar to: buckle 314 found at Swan Lane, London, MoL Dress Assessories, Egan & Pritchard.
	Buckle loop with ornate oval BU06 Object: Buckle loop Culture: Medieval. 14th century Country of Origin: England Material: Size: 15mm width Weight: 1.11 grams Notes: Buckle loop has two raised knops and a groove to accomodate the pin is central. Possible use with a folded plate is indicated by the recess at the buckle base. The pin is absent. Similar to: buckle 318 found at Swan Lane, London, MoL Dress Assessories, Egan & Pritchard.
	Buckle with decorated loop BU18 Object: Buckle loop Culture: Medieval. 13th-14th century Area of Origin: possibly Dorset, UK Material: Copper alloy Size: 24mm x 20mm Weight: 2.97 grams Notes: Buckle loop has two raised knops at the terminuses and a series of diagonal lines towards a central groove to accomodate the pin. Possible use with a folded plate is indicated by the recess at the buckle base. The pin is absent.
	Buckle Leopard head BU17 Object: Buckle Culture: Medieval. early 14th century Country of Origin: England Material: Copper alloy Size: 28mm Weight: 2.95 grams Notes: Frame is complete and unbroken. Head is zoomorphic, and feline looking. The lower bar indicates the use with a plate. Similar to: Item BUWP18, Buckle with Plate Similar to: PAS database item https://finds.org.uk/database/finds/record/id/417566/
	Buckle with face BU21 Object: Buckle frame Culture: Medieval. 13th-14th century Area of Origin: Britain Material: Bronze Size: 25mm x 15mm Weight: 2.24 grams Notes: Buckle frame is rectangular, complete and unbroken. Frame head is suggestive of being zoomorphic and similar have been described as "leopard's head." Similar to: PAS database item https://finds.org.uk/database/finds/record/id/417566/ Similar to: BUWP18
	Buckle loop with wire pin BU07 Object: Buckle loop Culture: Medieval. 13th-14th century Area of Origin: Kent, England, UK Material: Size: 15mm x 12mm Weight: 1.48 grams Notes: Buckle loop is D shaped and without decoration. The pin is complete but possibly a replacement. Possible use with a folded plate is indicated by the recess at the buckle base. Similar to: buckle 304 found at Billingsgate Lorry Park, London, MoL Dress Assessories, Egan & Pritchard.
	Buckle loop with pin BU08 Object: Buckle loop Culture: Medieval. 13th-14th century Area of Origin: Kent, England Material: Size: 15mm x 19mm Weight: 3.16 grams Notes: Buckle loop is D shaped and without decoration. The pin is complete and moves freely. There is a groove where the pin rests. Similar to: buckle 304 found at Billingsgate Lorry Park, London, MoL Dress Assessories, Egan & Pritchard.
	Buckle loop with pin BU09 Object: Buckle loop Culture: Medieval. 14th-15th century Area of Origin: Kent, England Material: Size: 14mm x 16mm Weight: 1.42 grams Notes: Buckle loop is D shaped and undecorated with a slight point where the pin rests and groove for the pin. The pin is complete but bent. Similar to: buckle 309, found at Billingsgate Lorry Park, London, MoL Dress Assessories, Egan & Pritchard.
	Buckle loop with pin BU10 Object: Buckle loop Culture: Medieval. 13th-14th century Area of Origin: Kent, England Material: Size: 13mm x 12mm Weight: 0.93 grams Notes: Buckle loop is D shaped and undecorated with a slight point where the pin rests and groove for the pin. The pin is complete.
	Buckle loop with pin BU11 Object: Buckle loop Culture: Medieval. 13th-14th century Area of Origin: Kent, England Material: Size: 12mm x 17mm Weight: 1.74 grams Notes: Undecorated buckle loop is D shaped and has knop shoulders at the base. There is no groove for the pin to rest on. Possible use with a folded plate is indicated by the recess at the buckle base. The pin is present and moves freely. Similar to: buckle 304 found at Billingsgate Lorry Park, London. MoL Dress Assessories.
	Buckle frame with roller BU12 Object: Buckle frame Culture: Medieval. 14th-15th century Area of Origin: Kent, England Material: Size: 16mm x 15mm Weight: 2.62 grams Notes: Buckle loop is square shaped and slightly concave towards the top. The frame is undecorated with a roller. The pin is complete and moves freely. Similar to: buckle 417 found at Swan Lane, London. MoL Dress Assessories, Egan & Pritchard.
	Buckle loop with D shaped frame BU13 Object: Buckle loop Culture: Medieval Area of Origin: UK Material: Size: 30mm Weight: 12.52 grams Notes: Found by metal detecting group in the UK. Buckle loop is D shaped with a slight point where the pin rests. Use with a plate is not indicated. The pin is present and moves freely but possibly not original. Similar to: buckle 417 found at Swan Lane, London. MoL Dress Assessories, Egan & Pritchard.
	Buckle loop with oval frame BU14 Object: Buckle loop. Culture: Medieval Country of Origin: England Material: Size: 3mm width Weight: 4.22 grams Notes: Buckle loop is D shaped and has knop shoulders at the base. Probable use with a folded plate is indicated by the recess at the buckle base. The pin is present and moves freely although probably not original. Metal detecting find, UK. Similar to: buckle 304 found at Billingsgate Lorry Park, London as per MoL Dress Assessories, Egan & Pritchard.
	Buckle with disc on tongue BU15 Object: Buckle Culture: Medieval. 13th-14th century Country of Origin: England Material: Size: 23mm diameter body, 44mm total length unfolded Weight: 4.6 grams Notes: Buckle with large stone setting on the tongue. Tongue is complete and moves freely. It has a raised bezel for a stone and a small triangular point. Stone is absent. Traces of gilding exist. The body of the buckle is undecorated with two grooves at the back which houses the buckle plate bar which are both absent. Similar to: PAS database item HAMP2980. Described as "The buckle frame is recessed for the cast copper-alloy pin which is circular with a pointed extension which rests on the outer edge of the frame. The circular element of the pin has a circular recess at the centre, which may originally have held a setting, now missing. Traces of thick gilding survive on all surfaces of the frame and pin and on the upper surface of the plate. Red/brown patina. This is an example of a disc-on-pin buckle, whose use is uncertain as the disc would prevent the pin passing through the hole in the strap. Similar to: PAS database SWYOR-C23EA8."https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/33171.
	Buckle pin for disc-on-tongue with 4 knobs BU16 Object: Buckle pin Culture: Medieval. 13th-14th century Area of Origin: UK Material: Size: 30mm length Weight: 3.52 grams Notes: The plate is gold gilded with 4 large decorative ball rivets which are complete and intact. When new it would have formed the pin for inside a buckle similar to BU15.
Double buckle loops without plates
	Buckle frame with double oval frame DBU01 Object: Buckle Culture: Medieval. 14th-15th century Country of Origin: England Material: bronze or base metal Size: 80mm length Weight: 26.69 grams Notes: Buckle with double oval frame with 4 acorn terminals. The acorns are cross hatched on the bases and are flanked by a small collar where it sits on the buckle loop. The pin is bent, though intact and moves freely. The strap would attach to the central bar. There is a small section of gold gilding remaining on the pin.
	Buckle loop with double oval frame DBU02 Object: Buckle frame Culture: Medieval. 14th-15th century Area of Origin: Kent, England Material: copper alloy Size: 350mm x 22mm Weight: 5.33 grams Notes: Double oval frame with no adornment. One side of the oval is slightly larger than the other. Central pin is original and complete and moves freely. Similar to: buckle 333 found at Baynard House, London. MoL Dress Assessories, Egan & Pritchard
	Buckle loop with double oval frame DBU03 Object: Buckle frame Culture: Medieval. 14th-15th century Area of Origin: Britain Material: Bronze, copper alloy Size: 17mm x 12mm Weight: 1.11 grams Notes: Double oval frame with no adornment. Central pin is copper alloy, complete and moves freely. Similar to: buckle 333 found at Baynard House, London. MoL Dress Assessories, Egan & Pritchard.
	Buckle loop with double oval frame DBU04 Object: Buckle frame Culture: Medieval. 14th-15th century Area of Origin: Kent, England, UK Material: Copper alloy Size: 22mm x 9mm Weight: 1.29 grams Notes: Double oval frame with irregular frames is slightly concave- whether due to design or wear is unclear. One frame is unadorned and one frame has decorative grooves along the outer frame. Central pin is possibly a replacement is complete and moves freely. Similar to: buckle 333 found at Baynard House, London. MoL Dress Assessories, Egan & Pritchard
	Buckle loop with double oval frame DBU05 Object: Buckle frame Culture: Medieval. 14th-15th century Area of Origin: Britain Material: Copper alloy Size: 22mm x 17mm Weight: 2.5 grams Notes: Wide double oval frame with no adornment. A small groove is present in the centre of each buckle loop. Small knops off the central bar. Central pin may not be original but is complete and moves freely. Similar to: buckle 333 found at Baynard House, London. MoL Dress Assessories, Egan & Pritchard
	Buckle loop with double oval frame DBU06 Object: Buckle frame Culture: Medieval. 14th-15th century Area of Origin: Britain Material: Copper alloy Size: 23mm x 18mm Weight: 2.64 grams Notes: Double oval frame with no adornment. A small groove is present in the centre of each buckle loop. Small knops off the central bar. Central pin may not be original but is complete and moves freely. Similar to: buckle 380 found at Swan Lane, Upper Thames Street, London. MoL Dress Assessories, Egan & Pritchard
	Buckle loop with double oval frame DBU07 Object: Buckle frame Culture: Medieval. 14th-15th century Area of Origin: Kent, England Material: Copper alloy Size: 23mm x 17mm Weight: 2.85 grams Notes: Double oval frame with no adornment. Pin may be a replacement, but is complete and moves freely. Similar to: buckle 367 found at Swan Lane, Upper Thames Street, London. MoL Dress Assessories, Egan & Pritchard.
	Buckle loop with double oval frame DBU08 Object: Buckle frame Culture: Medieval. 14th-15th century Area of Origin: Kent, England Material: Copper alloy Size: 20mm x 18mm Weight: 1.87 grams Notes: Double oval frame is bent but complete with no adornment. Small knops off the central bar. Pin is broken at the tip, but is complete and moves freely. Similar to: buckle 380 found at Swan Lane, Upper Thames Street, London. MoL Dress Assessories, Egan & Pritchard
	Buckle loop with double oval frame DBU09 Object: Buckle frame Culture: Medieval. 14th-15th century Area of Origin: Kent, England Material: Copper alloy Size: 22mm x 16mm Weight: 2.31 grams Notes: Double oval frame with no adornment. Small knops off the central bar. Pin may be a replacement, but is complete and moves freely. Similar to: buckle 380 found at Swan Lane, Upper Thames Street, London. MoL Dress Assessories, Egan & Pritchard.
	Buckle loop with double oval frame DBU10 Object: Buckle frame Culture: Medieval. 15th century Area of Origin: UK Material: Bronze Size: 43mm x 28mm Weight: 6.89 grams Notes: Undecorated double oval frame with knops at the shoulders of the central bar. A central groove where the pin rests is present. One loop is slightly larger than the other. Central pin is absent. Metal detecting group find, UK.
	Buckle loop with double oval frame DBU11 Object: Buckle frame Culture: Medieval/Tudor. 15th century Area of Origin: UK Material: Size: 40mm x 23mm Weight: 6.14 grams Notes: Double oval frame with knops at the shoulders of the central bar and four knops at the corners of the double frame. Central pin is absent.
	Buckle with rectangular frame DBU12 Object: Buckle frame Culture: Tudor. 17th century Area of Origin: UK Material: Size: 33mm x 27mm Weight: 6.01 grams Notes: Double rectangular frame with knops at the shoulders of the central bar. The external frame has 3 scallops at each end of the frame, the central being larger. Central pin is complete and in working condition. Similar to: Portible Antiquities Scheme Register Record ID: CORN-B008ED. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar trapezoidal buckle with grooves on p.84, no.524 which is dated from c.1620-1680. Similar to: Flynn and Geake (2018) in the new Finds Recording Guide for Buckles illustrate an almost identical buckle on page 48, second row, centre, dating from the 17th century.
	Buckle loop with 5 lobes DBU13 Object: Buckle frame Culture: Medieval Area of Origin: UK Material: Bronze Size: 40mm diameter Weight: 8.22 grams Notes: Metal detecting group find. Cinquefoil buckle frame with petal shaped lobes and central bar. Pin is absent.

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