[Belt Buckle] Cooper Energy Service Group, Antique-Bronze

Object/Artifact

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Canadian Energy Museum

Name/Title

[Belt Buckle] Cooper Energy Service Group, Antique-Bronze

Entry/Object ID

2020.1.322

Tags

Belt Buckle, Cooper Energy Services Group, Coberra, AJAX, PPC, Superior, Nordberg, Entronic Controls, Cooper Bessemer

Description

Rectangular metal belt buckle, branded to Energy Services Group. Features: A rectangular, cast metal belt buckle with rounded corners, finished in antique-bronze. The buckle is slightly curved. Front Design: A 2mm solid flat border around the edge, with the sunken interior area having a pinpoint texture. Starting at the top centre of the buckle is a logo from Cooper industries. This logo is a small square with a triangular shape and the text "COOPER INDUSTRIES" inside it. Towards the right is three diagonal dashes then, centre right of the buckle is a logo branded to entronic controls. This Logo is a small rectangle with text "ENTRONIC CONTROLS" with scattered lines below it. Below is a logo branded to Norberg. This Logo is a smaller rectangle that is half raised with "NORBERG" text below. The next logo is branded to superior, Being a long rectangle with raised text "SUPERIOR" inside it. Beside that towards the left of the buckle is a logo branded to PPC, This logo is a hexagon shape with the two top corners cut in. In the centre of the shape is text "PPC". Slightly above that logo is a diamond shape with text "AJAX". Above that is a rectangle shaped logo with text "COBERRA" with a horizontal underline. Centre to the buckle is Large bold text "ENERGY SERVICES GROUP". Below that in the centre of the buckle Is a logo with "COOPER BESSEMER, EST 1833" TEXT. The logo is two circles inside each other with a square in the centre. Coming from the top sides of the circles are two horse heads, with horizontal lines above them. Back Elements: The Back is flat surface with a small curved hook and an elongated hinge attached at two points. There is no makers mark or any text on the back of the buckle. Old Description (Kelsey Dalrymple, 3 June 2020): Cooper Industries Energy Services Group. Rectangular brass belt buckle with various company logos.

Collection

Gordon McQuaig Collection

Cataloged By

Ashley Ranson

Category

Accessories

Acquisition

Accession

2020.1

Acquisition Method

Found

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

64.5 mm

Width

90 mm

Depth

13 mm

Dimension Notes

Excluding the back elements, the buckle is 3mm.

Material

Metal

Color

Bronze

Condition

Reason for Exam

Accession

Overall Condition

Good

Date Examined

Aug 22, 2023

Examined By

Ashley Ranson

Surface

Front: The front of the buckle is discoloured and has slight scratches. Border: Has some small dents and scrapes along edges. Back: Is discoloured and small scratches overall. Patches of adhesive residue along left side and centre of the buckle.

Mechanism

Hinge moves freely and has full range of motion.

Created By

Danielle P. Lane

Create Date

August 16, 2023

Updated By

ashleymcollins1234@gmail.com

Update Date

August 22, 2023