Period Buckles

[William Brand]

With Gibbet Jones offering to make period buckles from examples in art and exhibits, I'm putting out a request for buckles in art. Please post images of fancy, unique and even common buckles for shoes, belts, bags and baldrics of the period. The greater the detail in art and etchings the better. Any individual living near a museum is strongly encouraged to sneak a camera in and take some shots.

[Gibbet Jones]

Don't forget those decorative flintlock butt caps. I may work on some of them down the road as well. I seen a beautiful bird head one someplace before.

[Commodore Swab]

Heres a couple pictures for you. The buckle is a piece that we found recently and recovered from a spanish galleon that sank in 1733, the pistol is just from a collection of images I got from the internet.

[Cascabel]

Along with pictures, size info would be helpful. Overall size, and width of the strap that the buckle fits, or at least estimated sizes on in-accessible examples in museum cases.

>>>> Cascabel

[William Brand]

Aye. Measure as often as possible. Approximate scales on museum pieces would be very helpful. I've often found that online auction houses will list the size of antiques for perspective buyers.

[Gibbet Jones]

That is the Queen Ann pistol with a spring loaded bayonet is it not?

What kind of buckle is that? Can you get a shot of it directly from above?

Edited November 8, 2009 by Gibbet Jones

[William Brand]

This is listed as a late 17th century, early 18th century belt buckle. It is described as a copper alloy buckle with moulded decoration, a small fragment of leather survives attached to the central bar. No size is mentioned, but this is from a dig called the Chester Amphitheatre Project.

[William Brand]

This site is wonderful for documenting various cast objects of the period and later.

http://www.artifacts.org/

[Commodore Swab]

The picture of the buckle was taken while in the process of being cleaned. I can have better pictures with size once its cleaned, it is small for maybe a 3/4 inch belt (im guessing here).

[Captain M the Frenchy]

Boucle France:

[michaelsbagley]

Here is a small sampling of the extent buckles (and buttons) that I have in my collection.... There is a ton more, I just haven't taken photos yet.

[Gentleman of Fortune]

Dang....

Nice collection.

[Captain McCool]

Oh dear... as if I needed fuel to add to my buckle fettish. Mate, if you start making shoe buckles, I'd totally be down for getting a pair of fancy ones, if I could fit them to the Loyalist Arms early 18th century shoes, which I have been meaning to get for a while.

[PoD]

Elaborate 17th-18th century bronze buckle. 50mm from ebay

Edited December 26, 2009 by PoD

[Captain McCool]

At the risk of being scorned for referencing "the Dreadlocked One" in a thread about historical buckles, is it just me, or does that one almost, sort-of, vaguely resemble Jack Sparrow's baldric buckle from movies 2 and 3?

[PoD]

At the risk of being scorned for referencing "the Dreadlocked One" in a thread about historical buckles, is it just me, or does that one almost, sort-of, vaguely resemble Jack Sparrow's baldric buckle from movies 2 and 3?

It's not to far off but the one pictured above is a lot smaller I would say

[Rick Skinner]

Found a great reference. Buckles 1250-1800

[Captain McCool]

Awesome!

[Jas. Hook]

Ditto! Great find Capt. S

Jas. Hook

[LadyBarbossa]

Ye gents are EEEEEVVVIIIIIIIILLLLL!!!!

Especially for a Lady such as m'self who's ALWAYS lookin' for fine things t' adore m' attire. Th' buckles are right nice.

~Lady B

[PoD]

I just bought a couple of buckles and bits off ebay with the hopes of reproducing them somehow or at least using them as the basis for some larger buckles.

Elaborate 17th-18th Century Bronze Buckle

Queen Anne Period Bronze Buckle 1710

17th-18th century cupid type bronze belt hanger

Attractive 17th century bronze open-work fitment