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GaryD's Mucky Fingers
Medieval bronze buckle, 1250-1350
This one has a thin sheet-bronze revolving cylinder on the loop
Medieval bronze buckles
Pointed single loop buckle with forked spacer-plate
Pointed single loop buckles
Spectacle buckles
14th century through to the 18th century. These double looped buckles Are so-called because their shape resembles a pair of spectacles. The small one is an early type as it is very plain and crudely cast.
Spectacle buckles
This one is broken in half and also crudely cast so I think it could be 16th 17th century. As the style evolved the points of the buckles became more decorative.
16th Century sword belt-hanger with suspension loop
Tudor belt buckles.
I have read that these Tudor buckles were sometimes covered in black pitch.
Half of a trefoil buckle 1600-1720
16th century Shoe buckle
It’s a shame that this buckle is broken it has such a nice design
after a couple of hundred years in the fields it always surprises me when you get a complete one.
Snake Buckle -15 - 16th century
Horse Harness buckle
