[Belt Buckle] Command Drilling Ltd., Antique-Silver, Cream Brown

Object/Artifact

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Canadian Energy Museum

Name/Title

[Belt Buckle] Command Drilling Ltd., Antique-Silver, Cream Brown

Entry/Object ID

2020.1.317

Tags

C & D, Drilling, Flower, Derrick, Enamel, Silver, Wire Rope, Brown, White, Belt Buckle

Description

Oval/rectangle metal belt buckle, branded to Command Drilling LTD. Features: Oval-rectangle shape, cast brass belt buckle, finished in antique-silver & cream brown. The buckle is lightly curved. Front Design: An oval-rectangle shaped belt buckle, with a two-band, 3mm outer border designed like a rope and 1mm gap, followed by a 0.5mm inner band border around the edge. The interior is flat surface silver coloured surface, lightly texturized. Across the top of the buckle in large, raised, bold enamel filled text is "COMMAND". The letters are filled in a cream, white with a shadow design filled in brown. Below off centre to the right is smaller bold text " DRILLING LTD." which is filled in a brown enamel. To the left of the buckle is the raised logo CD with the flat part of the D designed as a derrick and the remainder of the CD filled in brown enamel. Back Elements: The back is solid flat with slightly curved hook attached by 3 leaf points at the base. On the other side of the buckle is an elongated hexagon hinge attached at one point. the attachment point is designed as a floral design. There is no makers mark on the belt. Old Description (Kelsey Dalrymple, 3 June 2020): Command Drilling. Oblong pewter belt buckle with brown and white enamel text. Derrick inside CD on left.

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

60.5 mm

Width

93 mm

Depth

15.5 mm

Dimension Notes

Excluding the back elements the buckle is 3-4mm.

Material

Metal, Enamel

Color

White, Cream, Brown, Silver

Condition

Reason for Exam

Accession

Overall Condition

Good

Date Examined

Aug 18, 2023

Examined By

Ashley Ranson

Surface

Front: The front of the buckle is in good condition. small scratch below the top border. Enamel has small light scratches. Back: Large vertical scratch along left side of buckle. Adhesive residue along left side, and centre to the buckle. Blue residue located on hinge attachment point.

Mechanism

Hinge is stiff but has full range of motion.

Created By

Danielle P. Lane

Create Date

August 16, 2023

Updated By

Danielle P. Lane

Update Date

August 18, 2023