[Belt Buckle] Academy Electric Ltd. Oilfield Services, Antique-Bronze

Object/Artifact

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Canadian Energy Museum

[Belt Buckle] Academy Electric Ltd. Oilfield Services, Bronze - Front: View of front
[Belt Buckle] Academy Electric Ltd. Oilfield Services, Bronze - Front

View of front

Name/Title

[Belt Buckle] Academy Electric Ltd. Oilfield Services, Antique-Bronze

Entry/Object ID

2020.1.119

Tags

Belt Buckle, Accessory, Metal, Bronze, Academy Electric Ltd., Alberta, Canada

Description

Oval metal belt buckle, branded to Academy Electric Ltd. Features: Oval, cast brass belt buckle, finished in antique-bronze, and bearing imagery of an oil rig and text. Buckle is lightly curved. Front Design: An oval belt buckle, with a two-band (2mm outer, 1mm gap, followed by a 1mm inner band) border around the edge. The interior is partitioned into three areas with horizontal raised bands. The top section is comprised of a line of 9 small circles of decreasing size on either side. Below are two raised horizontal bands denoting the border between the top and middle sections. The middle section is sunken with a dented texture. From the right and left sides are raised shaped of stylised clouds, with the text "ACADEMY ELECTRIC LTD." in large font in the top-left, and in smaller text below is "OILFIELD SERVICES". The lower 2/5ths are made of raised horizontal lines with decreasing gaps between as they progress downward. Overlapping all three sections is a raised silhouette of an oil rig to the right. Back Elements: The back is blackened with bronze-finish on the hinge and hook. The hinge is an elongated hexagonal shape, and the hook is curved and tapered. Between them is the raised text "SOLID BRASS; BTS; MADE IN U.S.A." within a raised ring. Old Description (Kelsey Dalrymple, 3 June 2020): Academy Electric Oilfield Services. Solid brass belt buckle, oval with derrick on left.

Collection

Orphan Objects Collection

Cataloged By

Danielle P. Lane

Category

Belt Buckles
Accessories

Acquisition

Accession

2020.1

Acquisition Method

Found

Made/Created

Manufacturer

BTS

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

United States of America

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

66.5 mm

Width

94 mm

Depth

17 mm

Dimension Notes

Excluding back elements, the thickness of the belt buckle is 5mm.

Materials

Material

Metal

Material Notes

Brass

Color

Bronze

Condition

Reason for Exam

Accession

Overall Condition

Good

Condition Detail

Adhesive Residue, Scratch, Warping, Wear, Dent

Date Examined

Mar 24, 2023

Examined By

Danielle P. Lane

Cleanliness

Hot glue was attached to the base of the hinge on the back, but this has since been removed.

Surface

The surface of the buckle front is lightly scratched throughout. Two identifying scratches are a fine diagonal scratch on the largest right-side cloud; and a vertical scratch on the top-right of the back. There is a large patch of wear on the bottom-left side. Patches of wear and/or residue on the back.

Materials

Denting around the back edges. Of note are two small dents in the bottom-right; and one medium (sharp) dent in the top-right with a large (blunt) dent beside it with shallow scratched inside (unclear if this is a manufacturing error or damage).

Structure

Removing the hot glue from the hinge base on the back reveals some misshaping to the metal work. Cause is unclear.

Created By

Danielle P. Lane

Create Date

March 20, 2023

Updated By

Danielle P. Lane

Update Date

March 24, 2023