https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/templates/general_wide/img/logo.png https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern.html https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buckles-belt-hooks-and-belt-clasps/double-loop-buckles/double-loop-rectangular-buckle-fragment-59193.html Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:58:13 GMT Double loop buckles  

Description:		One loop only of a double loop rectangular buckle with all-over moulded frame decoration. The loop has a bifid end with a trilobed knop on each of the external corners. The sides of the buckle were also bifid, with a similar knop at each end of the strap bar. The pin is missing.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Buckles, belt hooks and belt clasps, Double loop buckles
Category:		Double loop buckles

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/thimbles/thimble-59178.html Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:29:24 GMT Thimbles  

Description:		A crushed and incomplete silver thimble dating to the late 19th or early 20th century. The top of the thimble is missing, the upper part has regular mechanically produced indentations, the central band is decorated with an engraved foliar pattern, and the scalloped base has an applied openwork skirt, depicting conjoined fleurs-de-lis. Thimbles of this type are sometimes described as 'galleried thimbles'. A very similar example is illustrated in a James Fenton catalogue of circa 1900 (see Image 3).
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Thimbles
Category:		Thimbles

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/jewellery-and-dress-accessories/necklaces-pendants-and-crucifixes/crucifix-59176.html Sun, 08 Mar 2026 22:05:47 GMT Necklaces, pendants and crucifixes  

Description:		A hollow, cast brass crucifix with an integral suspension loop and a wire chain loop. Inserted into the hollow frame is a separately cast brass figure of Christ mounted on a wooden cross. The figure is secured to the frame with three metal pins through the hands and crossed feet. This type of crucifix was usually hung from a rosary.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Jewellery and dress accessories, Necklaces, pendants and crucifixes
Category:		Necklaces, pendants and crucifixes

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/jewellery-and-dress-accessories/finger-rings/finger-ring-59173.html Sat, 07 Mar 2026 14:46:42 GMT Finger rings  

Description:		A large copper-alloy finger ring of uniform, shallow D-shaped cross-section. The external surface is decorated overall with a crudely executed pattern of variously orientated oblique grooves.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Jewellery and dress accessories, Finger rings
Category:		Finger rings

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/clasps/hooked-clothes-fasteners/hooked-clothes-fastener-59160.html Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:51:24 GMT Hooked clothes fasteners  

Description:		An incomplete lozenge-shaped, sharp-hooked clasp of the late medieval to early post-medieval period. The clasp would originally have been of soldered, three-part construction, consisting of a front plate, a wire loop and a wire hook, but only the front plate and the stumps of the wire loop survive. It is decorated with a star-shaped central hole, which would possibly have been set with a paste stone, and a border of punched arcs. See also UKDFD 40817, UKDFD 48982 and  UKDFD 50253. For complete examples of generally similar type, see UKDFD 16521 and UKDFD 22500.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Clasps, Hooked clothes fasteners
Category:		Hooked clothes fasteners

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buckles-belt-hooks-and-belt-clasps/belt-clasps-hooks-and-miscellaneous-items/s-shaped-belt-hook-59157.html Thu, 26 Feb 2026 19:38:43 GMT Belt clasps, hooks and miscellaneous items  

Description:		An S-shaped belt-hook in the form of a fully three-dimensional serpent with scales on the body.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Buckles, belt hooks and belt clasps, Belt clasps, hooks and miscellaneous items
Category:		Belt clasps, hooks and miscellaneous items

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/jewellery-and-dress-accessories/pins-hat-stick-tie-etc-/crown-59137.html Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:06:16 GMT Pins (hat, stick, tie, etc.)  

Description:		This is the surviving element of a commemorative tie-pin produced for the coronation of King George VI in 1937, a white metal (silver-plated) crown with red and blue faceted glass stones. On the back of the crown are the remains of the fixtures that attached the crown to the tie-pin bar.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Jewellery and dress accessories, Pins (hat, stick, tie, etc.)
Category:		Pins (hat, stick, tie, etc.)

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buttons-and-cuff-links/decorated-buttons/clan-button-59119.html Mon, 19 Jan 2026 17:13:09 GMT Decorated buttons  

Description:		A square copper-alloy 'clan' button from a Scottish jacket. The button is of two-piece construction and depicts a heraldic device surrounded by an inscription in Gaelic lettering. The heraldic device is a round shield bearing the Scottish lion rampant over a crossed sword and battle-axe. The Gaelic inscription is ClAnn nAn GAel / An GuAllibh A Cheile (the Gaelic G looks like a number 3), which translates as "Family of the Gael, shoulder to shoulder." The front of the button is umbonate; the back has a circular recess, at the centre of which the (intact) wire shank is brazed or soldered. It is back-marked with the maker's mark, SWORD MAKE - MADE IN ENGLAND. There is a crossed sword trademark (registered in 1893) between the first two words.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Buttons and cuff-links, Decorated buttons
Category:		Decorated buttons

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buckles-belt-hooks-and-belt-clasps/single-loop-buckles/single-loop-rectangular-buckle-59117.html Mon, 19 Jan 2026 14:25:13 GMT Single loop buckles  

Description:		A single loop rectangular harness buckle with sheet copper-alloy roller and traces of rust from an iron pin, now missing.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Buckles, belt hooks and belt clasps, Single loop buckles
Category:		Single loop buckles

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buttons-and-cuff-links/decorated-buttons/button-59093.html Tue, 30 Dec 2025 21:44:10 GMT Decorated buttons  

Description:		A tiny cast two-piece button with separate embedded copper-alloy wire shank. The front of the button is slightly convex and depicts a crown (or similarly shaped motif) in sunken relief. The back is flat and plain, and the shank consists of a simple U-shaped loop. The design is very worn and indistinct, suggesting that the metal may be a soft alloy. Note There are possible traces of an inscription in relief around the design (reading (?) IMPERIAL at top), but too worn to be certain. Possibly a toy uniform button.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Buttons and cuff-links, Decorated buttons
Category:		Decorated buttons

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