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/jewellery-and-dress-accessories/brooches/sentimental-hair-brooch-59383.html Sat, 12 Sep 2026 13:47:55 GMT Brooches  

Description:		A copper-alloy sentimental hair brooch from the Late Georgian - Victorian period. It has an oval die-formed frame with two concentric rows of integral collets, which probably held paste seed pearls; the centre of the brooch may have held human hair artfully arranged under glass. The hinge and C clasp on the back of the brooch survive; the pin is missing. The brooch appears to have been in a fire, which has melted and fused the delicate components. A hair brooch could be a sentimental keepsake or a memorial to a loved one. Image 3 shows an undamaged brooch of generally similar type of the late 18th -19th century.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Jewellery and dress accessories, Brooches
Category:		Brooches

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/harness-and-saddle-fittings/swinger-from-fly-terret-14847.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Harness and saddle fittings  

Description:		A crescent-shaped swinger from a fly terret. Fly terrets were one of a range of ornamental brasses worn by draught horses, and were fitted to the top of the headband.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Harness and saddle fittings
Category:		Harness and saddle fittings

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/harness-and-saddle-fittings/swinger-from-fly-terret-29331.html Sun, 23 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT Harness and saddle fittings  

Description:		A heart-shaped swinger from a fly terret. It is of openwork design with a knotted rope motif occupying the upper part and a heart-shaped cut-out at the base. Fly terrets were one of a range of ornamental brasses worn by draught horses, and were fitted to the top of the headband.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Harness and saddle fittings
Category:		Harness and saddle fittings

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/harness-and-saddle-fittings/swinger-from-fly-terret-37684.html Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Harness and saddle fittings  

Description:		A brass swinger from a fly terret. It is of openwork design and cast in the form of a sexfoil within an engrailed ring. Fly terrets were one of a range of ornamental brasses worn by draught horses, and were fitted to the top of the headband.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Harness and saddle fittings
Category:		Harness and saddle fittings

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/harness-and-saddle-fittings/swinger-from-fly-terret-47781.html Wed, 18 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT Harness and saddle fittings  

Description:		An ornamental axe-shaped swinger from a fly terret. Fly terrets were one of a range of ornamental brasses worn by draught horses, and were fitted to the top of the headband.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Harness and saddle fittings
Category:		Harness and saddle fittings

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/harness-and-saddle-fittings/swinger-from-fly-terret-59367.html Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:05:50 GMT Harness and saddle fittings  

Description:		An openwork brass swinger from a quatrefoil-shaped fly terret. The swinger is flat in profile and quadrilobate in plan. Three of the lobes have circular holes, and the fourth is solid with a short rectangular tab, which was originally the base of a recurved suspension loop, now broken off and missing. The tab is pierced and fitted with a very small rivet, which rotates freely and originally secured the returned end of the suspension loop. The centre of the swinger has openwork that resembles the spade emblem of a playing card. Interestingly, all four playing-card suits, clubs, diamonds, hearts and spades, are represented as openwork decoration on these harness ornaments. The swinger is a little unusual in originally having had a formed suspension loop, rather than the more usual type that has a solid cast and drilled lug. This possibly indicates an early stage of the development of the fly terret in the 19th century. PAS: CORN-FC89D8 is possibly another example with a formed suspension loop, although corrosion deposits preclude certainty. Fly terrets were one of a range of ornamental brasses worn by draught horses, and were fitted to the top of the headband. A complete example of generally similar type, but with solid cast and drilled suspension lug, is illustrated as Image 3.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Harness and saddle fittings
Category:		Harness and saddle fittings

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/toys-and-miniatures/toy-musket-59363.html Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:44:20 GMT Toys and miniatures  

Description:		An incomplete 17th-century toy musket. Cast in one piece with a faceted barrel, curved stock, and a pierced fishtail butt. The stock and butt have punched ring-and-dot decoration. The trigger guard is missing.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Toys and miniatures
Category:		Toys and miniatures

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buckles-belt-hooks-and-belt-clasps/double-loop-buckles/double-loop-asymmetrical-buckle-59361.html Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:16:28 GMT Double loop buckles  

Description:		An asymmetrical double loop buckle with a narrowed strap bar and all-over moulded decoration, as described below, on the front of the frame. The rounded loop has a rosette on a central knop flanked by two scrolls, the rectangular loop has a line of contiguous annulets, and there are smaller rosettes on knops at each end of the strap bar. The pin is missing. As recorded, the metal was described as silver, but it is more likely to be silver-plated or tinned copper-alloy.
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/buckles-belt-hooks-and-belt-clasps/double-loop-buckles/double-loop-sub-rectangular-buckle-59358.html Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:38:52 GMT Double loop buckles  

Description:		A small plain double loop sub-rectangular buckle with rearwardly offset strap bar and complete with copper-alloy pin.
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/buttons-and-cuff-links/uniform-commercial-leisure-and-public-sector/hull-police-button-59353.html Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:26:26 GMT Uniform - commercial, leisure and public sector  

Description:		A die-formed three-piece copper-alloy uniform button with separate fitted wire shank; circular; hollow; convex front; flat back; crimped joint; shield depicting three crowns (heraldic arms of Hull, Yorkshire) all within a buckled strap inscribed HULL POLICE; no backmark apparent.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Buttons and cuff-links, Uniform - commercial, leisure and public sector
Category:		Uniform - commercial, leisure and public sector

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