✅ SOLVED Age/purpose of buckle?

[Whynotnow?]

I haven’t found many buckles and this is the first I’ve found like this. It’s all brass, about 1.5x1.25 inches and has a curvature to it. Any help is appreciated, thanks for looking!

Edit: house I found it at is 150 years old.

 

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[Blackfoot58]

The roller “cinch” makes me believe it was from a piece of harness leather, although pants belt makers adopted this for style eventually. Originally the roller allowed for tightening the harness with less friction/drag from the leather. It was easier to get tight fits.

 

[ARC]

These types of buckles were used on a multitude of items.

 

[cajundetector]

I haven’t found many buckles and this is the first I’ve found like this. It’s all brass, about 1.5x1.25 inches and has a curvature to it. Any help is appreciated, thanks for looking!

Edit: house I found it at is 150 years old.

Dug pretty similar 2 months ago and had no idea. There was quite a bit of horse tack in a nearby lot but can’t be to sure. What Blackfoot suggest makes since, may have been a later belt buckle. Guess I’ll never know lol.

 

[CRUSADER]

They didn't start fixing the centre pin like that until post-1900. Early-mid 20th C.

 

[cajundetector]

They didn't start fixing the centre pin like that until post-1900. Early-mid 20th

They didn't start fixing the centre pin like that until post-1900. Early-mid 20th C.

They didn't start fixing the centre pin like that until post-1900. Early-mid 20th C.

They didn't start fixing the centre pin like that until post-1900. Early-mid 20th C.

oh I see. Thanks for the insight!

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Crusader said (correctly):
> They didn't start fixing the centre pin like that until post-1900. Early-mid 20th C.

If anybody here needs clarification of what Crusader is talking about, the photo below shows it. The middle of the buckle's crossbar has projecting flanges which prevent the tongue from sliding off center. Those "centering flanges" are not seen on pre-20th-Century buckles.

 

[Whynotnow?]

Marking this as solved. Thanks everyone!

 

[East Coast Relics on FB]

Crusader said (correctly):
> They didn't start fixing the centre pin like that until post-1900. Early-mid 20th C.

If anybody here needs clarification of what Crusader is talking about, the photo below shows it. The middle of the buckle's crossbar has projecting flanges which prevent the tongue from sliding off center. Those "centering flanges" are not seen on pre-20th-Century buckles.

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Crusader said (correctly):
> They didn't start fixing the centre pin like that until post-1900. Early-mid 20th C.

If anybody here needs clarification of what Crusader is talking about, the photo below shows it. The middle of the buckle's crossbar has projecting flanges which prevent the tongue from sliding off center. Those "centering flanges" are not seen on pre-20th-Century buckles.

This is very similar to PPR Hayden's patent in 1853. The biggest difference is the little bar connecting the two bosses (projecting flanges).

 

[ArfieBoy]

I think the purpose of the buckle is to hold somebody's pants up!