[Belt Buckle] Capri Driling Ltd., Antique-Silver Cream Red Green [Broken]

Object/Artifact

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Canadian Energy Museum

[Belt Buckle] Capri Driling Ltd., Antique-Silver Cream Red Green [Broken] - Front: View of the front.
[Belt Buckle] Capri Driling Ltd., Antique-Silver Cream Red Green [Broken] - Front

View of the front.

Name/Title

[Belt Buckle] Capri Driling Ltd., Antique-Silver Cream Red Green [Broken]

Entry/Object ID

2020.1.266

Tags

Belt Buckle, Metal, White, Red, Green, Drilling

Description

A rectangular belt buckle, branded to Capri Drilling LTD. Calgary - Alberta. Features: A rectangular, cast brass belt buckle, with a fine sheet of metal (or plastic) mounted at the centre. The buckle has a flat front and a lightly curved back. Front Design: A 6mm wide silver rectangle border, with a white/cream coloured enamel filled inside. Inside the enamel filling to the right of the buckle is bold red text reading " CAPRI" below that i smaller bold text is silver text reading " DRILLING LTD." To the leftof the buckle is the capri logo in a green square. the logo is made of a red C connected to a backwards silver C. Inbetween the two C's is silver derrick. Below the design at the bottom of the belt buckle in the centre is text reading " CALGARY ALBERTA" Back Elements: The back of the buckle has a smooth rectangle in the middle with the makers mark "MACKENZIE TRADING CO. LTD." and " Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA". Has a broken hook and a rectangle shaped hinge attached at two points, however, the top attachment is broken. Old Description (Kelsey Dalrymple, 3 June 2020): Capri Drilling Ltd. Calgary. Brass belt buckle with grey and white enamel face. Orange and grey text. Rig inside CD on left.

Collection

Gordon McQuaig Collection

Cataloged By

Ashley Ranson

Category

Accessories, Belt Buckles

Acquisition

Accession

2020.1

Acquisition Method

Found

Made/Created

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

Alberta

Country

Canada

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Buckle, Belt

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Buckle, Clothing

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Clothing Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Dimensions

Height

53 mm

Width

91 mm

Depth

11 mm

Dimension Notes

Excluding back elements, the belt buckle is 3mm.

Material

Metal

Color

Red, Green, White, Silver

Condition

Reason for Exam

Accession

Overall Condition

Fair

Date Examined

Aug 1, 2023

Examined By

Ashley Ranson

Surface

Front of the belt buckle is in good condition. The border is very scuffed and faded overall. Small crack at the bottom of the boarder. Back: The hook has been broken off leaving a jagged edge. The hinge attachment is broken on one side and still intact at the other attachment. Adhesive residue across top and bottom of the belt buckle. Bottom right corner has a small crack, and in the centre at the bottom of the belt buckle there is another small crack.

Mechanism

One side of hinge is attached, while the top attachment is broken. hinge has full range of motion.

Created By

Danielle P. Lane

Create Date

March 27, 2023

Updated By

Danielle P. Lane

Update Date

August 1, 2023