https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/templates/general_wide/img/logo.png https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact.html https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/circular-buckles/circular-buckle-59357.html Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:33:15 GMT Circular buckles  

Description:		A small circular copper-alloy buckle of the medieval period. The frame is plain and has an irregular cross-section. The pin is incomplete.
Category:		Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Circular buckles
Category:		Circular 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

]]> 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/early-medieval/weights/viking-weight-59346.html Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:24:02 GMT Weights  

Description:		A copper-alloy weight of the Viking period. The weight is sub-spherical with five circular, concave surfaces. Several examples are listed on the site referenced below, but are mainly described as possible weights; as such, the identification can only be taken as tentative.
Category:		Early Medieval, Weights
Category:		Weights

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/single-loop-buckles/single-loop-oval-buckle-59344.html Sun, 16 Aug 2026 15:15:25 GMT Single loop buckles  

Description:		A single loop oval buckle with lipped frame and copper-alloy pin. The buckle has an incomplete integral forked spacer for (missing) sheet-metal front and back plates, which made up a composite rigid plate.
Category:		Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Single loop buckles
Category:		Single loop buckles

]]> 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/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/double-loop-buckles/double-loop-oval-buckle-with-plate-59327.html Sat, 01 Aug 2026 13:54:33 GMT Double loop buckles  

Description:		A double loop oval buckle, complete with folded sheet-metal plate. The frame has a narrowed strap bar and an expanded straight outer edge to each loop. The plate is rectangular, unrecessed, slotted for the (missing) pin and fitted with a single copper-alloy rivet.
Category:		Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Double loop buckles
Category:		Double loop buckles

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/mounts/zoomorphic-mount-59319.html Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:42:39 GMT Mounts  

Description:		A zoomorphic copper-alloy mount of the medieval period. The mount is moulded in the form of an uncertain animal's head, the forehead of which is decorated with incised cross-hatching. There is a single vacant rivet hole, drilled somewhat off-centre, in the brow.
Category:		Medieval, Mounts
Category:		Mounts

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/harness-pendants-and-pendant-suspension-mounts/harness-pendant-59313.html Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:01:20 GMT Harness pendants, studs and suspension mounts  

Description:		A complete shield-shaped heraldic harness pendant of the medieval period. The pendant is quite unusual in that it bears the heraldic arms on both sides. Although some of the detail is worn and unclear, a composite interpretation of the blazoning would appear to be: Azure, a fess dancetty Or between in chief four crosses fleury Or and in base a cross fleury Or between two bezants Or. The following information has been sourced using AI, and it has not been possible to corroborate it independently:  The original or inherited arms are Azure, a fess dancetty Or; the crosses are secondary additions. The four charges in chief are family decoration, and the three charges in base are personal differencing. The only families known to bear this coat in the right period and region are Edgar / Eger / Ager, northern gentry with documented movement of members into Lincolnshire ecclesiastical lands. The most likely bearer of the arms is a cadet member of this family serving Spalding Priory or Crowland Abbey.
Category:		Medieval, Harness pendants, studs and suspension mounts
Category:		Harness pendants, studs and suspension mounts

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