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Buckles with plates
with trapezoid or rectangular buckle frames
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 Buckle
and plate
with 5 hearts
BUWP01
Object: Buckle and
plate
Culture: Medieval. circa 13th-14th century
Area of Origin: London, England
Material: Ae bronze composition
Size: Length 49mm x width 12mm
Weight: 5.67 grams
Notes: Ex-London collection. Thames foreshore find. Described
as "very fine" condition. Plate is made of one piece
of folded thin metal with 5 stamped hearts and a row of punched
circles down each sise. Pin complete and moves freely. Two rivets
remain. Buckle frame is rectangular shaped with a central bar
from which the plate and pin attaches.
Similar to: Identical
style of heart stampings with circular lines on a buckle plate
from Europe which is not the same size or width.
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 Buckle
and plate
with silver plate
BUWP21
Object: Buckle with plate
Culture: Medieval. 13th-14th century
Country of Origin: UK
Material: Silver plate
Size: 34mm x 30mm
Weight: 10.20 grams
Notes: Rectangular buckle frame with decorative knops on each
corner. The knops are a cluster of three balls. The pin is complete
and moves freely. The buckle plate is of one pice construction with
the plate folding over to form the back. The plate has four piercings
for rivets, none of which remain. The plate appears undecorated,
but made of silver, which differs from the composition of the buckle
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 Buckle
and plate
with face
BUWP18
Object: Buckle and plate
Culture: Medieval. 14th-15th century
Country of Origin: England
Material: Bronze
Size: 47mm X 15mm
Weight: 4.86 grams
Notes: Frame is complete and unbroken. Clasp head is zoomorphic.
The plate is of folded sheet construction and has 5 diagonal lines
across the full width. there is one piercing which houses an intact
rivet. There is a single piercing for a buckle tongue which is absent.
The item is is in fine condition and moves freely. From a small
collection formed in the 1980's.
Similar to: PAS database item https://finds.org.uk/database/finds/record/id/417566/
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 Buckle
and plate
with chevrons
BUWP09
Object: Buckle with plate.
Culture: Medieval, 14th century
Country of Origin: England
Material:
Size: 70mm total length.
Plate 15mm wide x 54mm
Weight: 9.56 grams
Notes: Trapezoid shaped cast buckle with 2 etched lines
and groove where the pin rests. The pin is absent. Chevron etched
decoration on the plate which is of the folded construction type.
One rivet remains. Minute traces of gold gilding remain.
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 Buckle
and plate
Stirrup shaped
BUWP17
Object: Buckle and plate
Culture: Medieval. 1250-1350AD
Area of Origin: Yorkshire, England
Material: Bronze
Size: 36 mm x 12 mm
Weight: 2.85 grams
Notes: Stirrup shaped buckle without pin. The buckle is of
cast construction. The buckle plate is of folded sheet construction
and has two pirecings, one which has a rivet present, the other
for a buckle pin. Described as: Medieval Britain. From a small collection
formed inthe 1980's
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Buckles with plates
with D shaped buckle frames
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 Buckle
and plate
with 5 ball rivets
BUWP02
Object: Buckle and plate
Culture: Medieval. 13th century
Country of Origin: England
Material:
Size: 50mm length
Weight: 8.26 grams
Notes: Buckle has central roller with singular groove and
both swing freely on plate. Pin is absent. 4 of the 5 large decorative
ball shaped rivets remain. The plate is rectangular and contructed
with the folded sheet method. There is a decorative line running
around the plate edge and large traces of gold gilding are present. |
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 Buckle
and Plate
with gilding
BUWP22
Object: Buckle and plate
Culture: Norman.
Country of Origin: UK
Material: gilding
Size: 19mm x 20mm
Weight: 3.53 grams
Notes: D shaped buckle frame and plate. The plate has two
piercing for rivets which are not present. Buckle frame has a
central pin notch. Single row of engraved decoration and remains
of gilding are present. Pin has a collar towards the base. Described
as: Elegant little Norman buckle, plate, and pin, 2cm.
Similar to: Pritchard
& Egan, MoL Dress Accessories, Item 303. Billingsgate Lorry
Park.
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 Buckle
with semicircular plate
BUWP03
Object: Buckle and plate
Culture: Medieval, 13th-14th century
Area of Origin: Humberside, England
Material: Bronze with gold gilding
Size: 32mm
Weight: 6.79 grams
Notes: The buckle is complete with no decorative elements.
The plate is semi-circular in shape and is constructed in the folded
sheet method. Large amounts of gold gilding remain. Pin works freely,
three large ball-shaped rivets remain. Decorative dual lines around
the plate. |
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 Buckle
and plate
with silver loop
BUWP23
Object: Buckle
Culture: Medieval. 14th century
Area of Origin: UK
Material: Copper alloy, silver
Size: 26mm x 19mm
Weight: 2.87 grams
Notes: Buckle loop is made of silver and has two raised knops
with 4 raised bars in between the central one which accomodates
the pin. The pin is complete and moves freely. The buckle plate
is of folded construction with four piercings for two rivets which
pass through both layers. One rivet is present. One rivet is absent. |
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 Buckle
and plate
with lozenges
BUWP04
Object: Buckle and
plate
Culture: Medieval
Country of Origin: UK
Material:
Size: 44mm
Weight: 3.60 grams
Notes: The buckle is cast with 4 lines on the end. Pin
is absent. 2 decorative lines run parallel to the buckle plate
edge with a lozenge design etched on plate. The plate itself is
constructed with the folded sheet method. 1 rivet remains.
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 Buckle
and plate
with W
BUWP19
Object: Buckle and plate.
Culture: Medieval, 14th century
Area of Origin: Yorkshire, England
Material: Bronze
Size: 46mm x 30mm
Weight: 6.0 grams
Notes: The buckle
is D-shaped with a small W point where the pin rests. The buckles
has an offset and narrowed bar. The pin is absent. The plate is
constructed with a folded sheet and is undecorated.There are three
peircings, one most likely for a pin and two for fixing to the
belt. Both rivets remain. From a small collection formed in the
1980s.
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 Buckle
and plate
with wriggle work
BUWP05
Object: Buckle and
plate
Culture: Medieval, 13th-14th century
Country of Origin: UK
Material: Bronze
Size: 55mm length
Weight: 7.5 grams
Notes: Buckle has two central balls where the pin rests.
The plate has a very fine line of wriggle work extending down
the sides and end of the top of the plate andis contructed in
the folded sheet method. Pin is intact and working. 4 of the 5
rivets remain in situ on the plate. Very fine condition.
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 Buckle
and plate
with etched design
BUWP08
Object: Buckle and
plate
Culture: Medieval. 13th-14th Century
Country of Origin: UK
Material: Bronze
Size: 60mm length. Plate width 13mm
Weight: 12.22 grams
Notes: Oval cast buckle with forked spacer design. The
pin is bent but complete. Etched design on the plate . One rivet
has come away from the back of the plate. Two remain intact. The
plate is in two sections, top and bottom. The forked spacer and
buckle can be removed from the plates.
Similar to: Buckle similar to Item 329, Egan & Pritchard,
MoL, Dress Accessories, Billingsgate Lorry Park, London.
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 Buckle
and plate
with crescent plate
BUWP15
Object: Buckle and plate
Culture: Medieval. 13th-14th century
Area of Origin: Staffordshire, England
Material: bronze
Size: 47mm total
Weight: 7.18 grams
Notes: Lovely intact item with smooth dark patina. The buckle
is cast with a forked spacer and circular buckle with a small triangular
point where the pin rests. The pin is present and moves freely.
The plate has very thin top and bottom plates and terminates in
a crescent where it meets the strap but is otherwise undecorated.
One rivet remains. There is no other piercing for further rivets
on the plate. Metal detecting find, April 1997 at a farm off. Stubby
Lane, Draycott-in-the-Clay. Near Marchington, Uttoexeter in Staffordshire.
Item 283440075066 |
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 Buckle
and plate
with arch
BUWP06
Object: Buckle with
plate and pin.
Culture: Medieval, 14th century
Country of Origin: England
Material:
Size: 40mm length
Weight: 4.1 grams
Notes: The buckle is cast with a forked spacer and circular
buckle with a small triangular point where the pin rests. The
pin is present and moves freely. The plate has very thin top and
bottom plates and a slightly rounded edge where it meets the belt
but is otherwise undecorated. One rivet remains. There is no other
piercing for further rivets on the plate.
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 Buckle
with plate
with knop buckle
BUWP16
Object: Buckle and plate
Culture: Medieval. 13th-14th century
Area of Origin: Yorkshire, England
Material: bronze
Size: 46mm x 15mm
Weight: 6.34 grams
Notes: The buckle is cast with a forked spacer and circular
buckle with a small outstanding knop on the buckle frame where
the pin rests. The original pin is present and moves freely. The
plate has two single very thin top and bottom plates and terminates
in a zigzag where it meets the strap but is otherwise undecorated.
One rivet remains. There is no other piercing for further rivets
on the plate.
From a small collection formed
in the 1980's
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 Buckle
and plate
with pin
BUWP07
Object: Buckle with plate
Culture: Medieval. 13th-14th century
Country of Origin: England
Material: Bronze
Size: 40mm
Weight: 5.40 grams
Notes: The buckle is cast with a forked spacer and slightly
oval buckle with a small point and groove where the pin rests. The
pin is present and moves freely. The plate has top and bottom plates
and a slightly concave rounded edge where it meets the belt but
is otherwise undecorated. One rivet remains. There is no other piercing
for further rivets on the plate. |
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 Buckle
and Plate
D shaped with point
BUWP20
Object: Buckle and plate
Culture: Medieval. 13th-14th century
Area of Origin: East Yorkshire, England
Material: Copper alloy/Bronze
Size: 37mm x 22mm
Weight: 5.05 grams
Notes: Notes: The D shaped buckle loop is complete
and unbroken. The buckle frame has a large pointed knob with two
raised shoulders and a pair of small shoulders at the side which
the buckle plate joins. It is of cast construction.
The pin is original, is complete and moves freely. The pin rests
between the two upper shoulders on the buckle frame.
The buckle plate appears plain and undecorated and is of folded
construction with four piercings for rivets; two on the top and
a corresponding pair underneath. The rivets are not present.
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 Buckle
and plate
with 2 rivets
BUWP10
Object: Buckle with
plate
Culture: Medieval, 14th century
Country of Origin: England
Material:
Size: 52mm length
Weight: 11.23 grams
Notes: Buckle is cast and complete. Pin is present and
complete and moves freely. The plate is constructed in the folded
sheet method and undecorated. There are two rivets present.
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Double buckles with plates
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 Double
buckle
with plate
DBUWP01
Object: Buckle with plate
Culture: Medieval. 1330-1450
Area of Origin: York, England
Material: Bronze
Size: 25mm x 10mm
Weight: 1.55 grams
Aquired from: Paul Hardcastle, York Antiquities. York.
Purchase date: 2 July, 2020
Notes: Double buckle frame is complete and undamaged. There
are no traces of gilding or decoration and due to the extremely
small size, is unlikely to have been decorated.
The plate is made with the folded construction method and has
an oval apeture to accomodate the pin, which is not present. The
plate has a piercing which punctures both ends of the plate to
house a rivet, which is present in situ. The plate itself is undecorated.
L159m Provenance:
Ownership History Available. Very rare lovely little 13/15 hundreds
bronze belt/strap buckle in as found uncleaned condition in the
York area England L159m
Similar to:
Item 380, Museum of London, Dress Accessories, Pritchard &
Egan. Found Swan Lane, Upper Thames Street, London.
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Buckles with plates
with openwork buckle plates
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 Buckle
and plate
with open work
BUWP11
Object: Buckle
Culture: Medieval
Country of Origin: UK
Material:
Size: 50mm length
Weight: 8.85 grams
Notes: Buckle is cast with an integral plate with two rectangular
openings and a fleur-de-lys terminus. There are two parallel openwork
sections half way along the body of the buckle plate. Three rivet
holes would have secured the buckle to the belt. The pin is absent. |
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 Buckle
and plate
with open work
BUWP12
Object: Buckle
Culture: Medieval. 14th century
Country of Origin: UK
Material:
Size: 38mm length
Weight: 3.38 grams
Notes: Open work on the integral plate to show the belt
and with two piercings for rivets which are missing. The integral
buckle is D shaped shaped and has two raised bars which the pin
sits between. It is cast in one entire piece and is unbroken.
There is one rectangular openwork section which is central. The
pin is broken at the base.
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Buckles with broken or integral plates
with trapezoid or rectangular buckle frames
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 Buckle
with plate fragment
with roller
BUWOP13
Object: Buckle and plate
Culture: Medieval
Area of Origin: Kent, England
Material:
Size: 16mm x 12mm
Weight: 1.62 grams
Notes: Buckle has a rectangular stirrup frame with roller.
The roller does not move. The pin is present and has a collar towards
the base. The buckle plate is missing although the two loops which
joined it are present. |
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 Buckle
plate
with integral plate
BUWP14
Object: Buckle
Culture: Medieval. 14th-15th century
Area of Origin: Kent, England
Material: copper alloy, gold gilding
Size: 30mm x 17mm
Weight: 5.23 grams
Notes: Stirrup shaped buckle with roller and pin intact.
Buckle plate is integral to the buckle and terminates in a W towards
the strap. It has three chevrons etched. The pin is complete and
moves freely. The roller has parallel grooves. There is a single
rivet remaining which can only be seen from the reverse side. Small
traces of gold gilding remain on the front around the pin and at
the side of the buckle. |
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Buckles or buckle spacers
with missing plates
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 Buckle
with forked spacer
BUSWOP01
Object: Buckle spacer
Culture: Medieval. 14th century
Country of Origin: UK
Material: Copper alloy
Size: 32mm
Weight: 2.33 grams
Notes: Oval buckle cast with integral forked spacer. Buckle
frame has a pointed apex with a recess on the bar to accommodate
a pin. Pin is absent.
Similar to: the buckle is similar to Egan & Pritchard,
MoL Dress Accessories, Item 324, Billingsgate Lorry Park, London.
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 Buckle
spacer
without plate
BUSWOP06
Object: Buckle spacer
Culture: Medieval
Area of Origin: Britain
Material: Bronze
Size: 26mm x 15mm
Weight: 1.37 grams
Notes: Oval buckle loop with a slight point where the pin
rests. An integral spacer is present and unbroken. The pin is
not present.
Very nice Medieval
bronze buckle uncleaned condition found in Britain L40g
Similar to:
the buckle is similar in style to MoL Egan & Pritchard, Dress
Accessories, Item 324, Billingsgate Lorry Park, London.
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 Buckle
with part spacer
BUSWOP02
Object: Buckle spacer
Culture: Medieval. 13th-14th century
Area of Origin: Kent, England
Material:
Size: 22mm x 24mm
Weight: 3.08 grams
Notes: Oval buckle loop is D with a slight point where the
pin rests. An integral spacer is partly present. The pin is present
and complete and has a small collar near the base.
Similar to: the buckle is similar to Egan & Pritchard,
MoL Dress Accessories, Item 324, Billingsgate Lorry Park, London.
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 Buckle
spacer
with wire pin
BUSWOP03
Object: Buckle spacer
Culture: Medieval. 14th-15th century
Area of Origin: Kent, England
Material:
Size: 15mm x 15mm
Weight: 1.34 grams
Notes: Oval buckle loop is D shaped with a slight point where
the pin rests. An integral spacer is partly present. The pin is
bent but complete.
Similar to: buckle found at Swan Lane, London, MoL
Dress Assessories, Egan & Pritchard. |
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 Buckle
spacer
without plate
BUSWOP05
Object: Buckle and plate
Culture: Medieval
Area of Origin: Kent, England
Material:
Size: 22mm wide x 21mm length
Weight: 1.73 grams
Notes: Buckle has an oval stirrup frame which tapers to
a point centrally. There is a recess for a pin where the spacer
starts which is absent. The buckle spacer plate is broken off
near the top. There is no decoration. Cast construction.
Similar to: Egan &
Pritchard, MoL Dress Accessories, Item 324, Billingsgate Lorry
Park, London.
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