Dating buckels

[dutchtoga]

Is there a good reference book out there on buckles? Shoe,belt, harness Civilian of Military. How to date them? Thanks.

 

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[Ahab8]

I don't own this but have heard its good. There's also a book called American Artifacts of Personal Adornment that's supposed to cover a large array of different items. As I said Dutch I don't yet own these so if you could find them at a bookstore and check em out first it'd prob be best. I'm going to order the buckle book soon and will let ya know how it is.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

This is a great online site for identifying buckles:

http://www.reenactor.ru/ARH/PDF/Whitehead.pdf


P.S. it's 124 pages, so it may take some time to load.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

There's one that looks a lot like your top buckle on page 82. It dates from 1620 to 1680! Nice find!

 

[Ahab8]

This is a great online site for identifying buckles: http://www.reenactor.ru/ARH/PDF/Whitehead.pdf P.S. it's 124 pages, so it may take some time to load.

Tim that site is awesome! Thanks for the tip I just downloaded the PDF onto my iBooks and couldn't be happier.

 

[CRUSADER]

Your 2 buckles are mid 19th C horse tack types.

 

[grasshopper]

Nice finds, as you can see there is some debate as to when these buckles are from. I would tend to side with crusader....I enjoy finding these buckles, have around 3 or 4 in different sizes

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Tim that site is awesome! Thanks for the tip I just downloaded the PDF onto my iBooks and couldn't be happier.

You're welcome! I found it as a link in a YouTube video where someone found a colonial buckle. Very handy to have when you're digging up buckles on a regular basis.

 

[Ahab8]

You're welcome! I found it as a link in a YouTube video where someone found a colonial buckle. Very handy to have when you're digging up buckles on a regular basis.

Found a complete shoe buckle last week and it's great to have a date range