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-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

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/mounts/belt-strap-furniture-and-miscellaneous-mounts/lozenge-shaped-mount-59356.html Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:21:52 GMT Belt, strap, furniture and miscellaneous mounts  

Description:		An openwork lozenge-shaped mount with scalloped outer edges and two integral pointed lugs on the back.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Mounts, Belt, strap, furniture and miscellaneous mounts
Category:		Belt, strap, furniture and miscellaneous mounts

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buttons-and-cuff-links/decorated-buttons/button-59342.html Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:23:04 GMT Decorated buttons  

Description:		A cast one-piece copper-alloy button with integral drilled shank. The head is solid, plano-convex and moulded in the form of a large boss with a central pellet and a multifoil surround. The shank is sub-rectangular in cross-section with a medium length stem and rounded end.
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/belt-clasps-hooks-and-miscellaneous-items/s-shaped-belt-hook-59309.html Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:04:42 GMT Belt clasps, hooks and miscellaneous items  

Description:		An S-shaped belt-hook in the form of a flattened three-dimensional serpent with scales on the body and a decorative moulding at the centre..
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/weights/uncertain-and-other-weights/lid-of-nested-cup-weight-set-59275.html Thu, 28 May 2026 18:55:37 GMT Uncertain and other weights  

Description:		The hinged lid only from a set of nested copper-alloy cup-weights. The lid is incised with three concentric double-line circles on both the inner and outer faces, and the latter is also inscribed with the Roman numeral XVI and some uncertain letters. It would originally have been attached to the outer cup of the set, and retains its hinge lug and locating lug. The hinged assembly of the lid and the outer cup would have provided the largest denomination, 16 ounces in the present case, as indicated by the inscribed XVI. The uncertain letters possibly include an 'A' for the averdepois trade weight system, although sets of this type are usually associated with the troy weight system used for weighing precious metals. The other weights in the set would have been binary divisions, i.e. 8, 4, 2 and 1 ounces and possibly half an ounce. For a generally similar complete set, see UKDFD 46399.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Weights, Uncertain and other weights
Category:		Uncertain and other weights

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/jewellery-and-dress-accessories/brooches/sweetheart-brooch-south-wales-borderers-59269.html Mon, 25 May 2026 11:28:53 GMT Brooches  

Description:		A South Wales Borderers silver sweetheart brooch, a cap badge style example, first introduced in 1896. The brooch loosely follows the regimental cap badge design, which depicts a sphinx on an Egypt tablet within a wreath of "Immortelles,"  SWB monogram below, and was probably mounted on a bar. The decorative engraving is distinctly from the late 19th to early 20th century. As the SWB was involved in the Boer War (1899-1902) and WWI (1914-1918), a date of 1899- 1918  is probably appropriate.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Jewellery and dress accessories, Brooches
Category:		Brooches

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/jewellery-and-dress-accessories/brooches/twisted-frame-brooch-59266.html Sun, 24 May 2026 07:29:41 GMT Brooches  

Description:		A 'twisted frame' or 'love knot' brooch, fabricated from two lengths of drawn wire; the ends of the wires have triangular terminals. Applied to the frame is a circular plate with a red glass cabochon at the centre, which is surrounded by an outer border of thirteen small cells that probably held cut glass stones of a contrasting colour. The fastening device is missing.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Jewellery and dress accessories, Brooches
Category:		Brooches

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/crotal-bells/crotal-bell-59244.html Sat, 02 May 2026 13:32:18 GMT Crotal bells  

Description:		A cast copper-alloy crotal bell with integral suspension loop and complete with intact iron pellet ('pea clapper') inside the bellchamber. The suspension loop is rectangular with a circular aperture. Both halves of the bellchamber are decorated with a multi-petalled flower design, and there is a bell-founder's hammer symbol in an escutcheon on one side of the sound slot.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Crotal bells
Category:		Crotal bells

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/crotal-bells/crotal-bell-59245.html Sat, 02 May 2026 14:28:01 GMT Crotal bells  

Description:		A cast copper-alloy crotal bell with intact iron pellet ('pea-clapper') inside the bellchamber. The integral suspension loop is rectangular, with an as-cast sub-rectangular aperture. The upper half of the bellchamber is plain; the lower half has vestigial traces of linear decoration, but it is very indistinct.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Crotal bells
Category:		Crotal bells

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