[Belt Buckle] B&R Transport Ltd., Leather Antique-Bronze [Broken]

Object/Artifact

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Canadian Energy Museum

[Belt Buckle] B&R Transport Ltd., Leather Antique-Bronze - Front: View of the front.
[Belt Buckle] B&R Transport Ltd., Leather Antique-Bronze - Front

View of the front.

Name/Title

[Belt Buckle] B&R Transport Ltd., Leather Antique-Bronze [Broken]

Entry/Object ID

2020.1.229

Tags

Metal, Bronze, Brown, Leather, B&R Transport

Description

Rectangular metal belt buckle with leather, branded to B&R Transport. Features: A rectangular cast metal belt buckle finished in antique bronze, with a brown leather insert. The buckle is lightly curved. Front Design: On the metal background there is a raised smooth metal border 2.5 mm wide, and then a 1 mm gap and then a leather insert mounted on the metal background. At the top of the leather there is a stamped (indented and coloured dark brown) triangle that contains the serif font that reads "PH. 826-3889". At the bottom there is stamped an upside down triangle that contains serif text that reads "TRANSPORT (Bonnyville) LTD.". Between the two triangles is stamped block text that reads "B & R". Back Elements: The back is a rice grain-like texture. There is a curved and rounded hook, and there are two metal ramps (that possibly once held a hinge mechanism) that have been broken off. They are located at the very top and bottom of the left side of the buckle. Old Description (Kelsey Steil, 4/7/2021): "B & R Transport (Bonnyville) Ltd. Brass belt buckle with leather face."

Collection

Gordon McQuaig Collection

Cataloged By

Simon Phypers

Category

Belt Buckles
Accessories

Acquisition

Accession

2020.1

Acquisition Method

Found

Made/Created

Time Period

20th Century

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

52 mm

Width

79 mm

Depth

16 mm

Dimension Notes

Excluding back elements, the thickness is 4.5 - 5 mm.

Material

Metal, Leather

Color

Bronze, Brown, Tan

Condition

Reason for Exam

Accession

Overall Condition

Good

Condition Detail

Break, Adhesive Residue, Wear, Accretion

Date Examined

Aug 17, 2023

Examined By

Simon Phypers

Surface

There is some mild wear on the raised metal border on the front face of the buckle. Back Elements: There is a large patch of yellow adhesive residue covering most of the left side of the back surface of the buckle. There also is some milky white accretion on the back surface, most notably there is a large vertical stripe on the left side of the back surface, near the base of the hook. There are two smaller patches of this accretion in the top and bottom left corners of the back surface near the broken off hinge.

Mechanism

The hinge mechanism has been broken off, leaving two jagged metal ramp-like features.

Created By

Danielle P. Lane

Create Date

March 27, 2023

Updated By

Simon Phypers

Update Date

August 17, 2023