[Belt Buckle] Carey Welding, Antique-Bronze

Object/Artifact

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Canadian Energy Museum

[Belt Buckle] Carey Welding, Antique-Bronze - Front: View of the front.
[Belt Buckle] Carey Welding, Antique-Bronze - Front

View of the front.

Name/Title

[Belt Buckle] Carey Welding, Antique-Bronze

Entry/Object ID

2020.1.267

Tags

Metal, Belt Buckle, Truck, Bronze

Description

Oval belt buckle, branded to Carey Welding Features: An oval, cast brass belt buckle, finished in antique-bronze. The buckle is lightly curved. Front Design: A 5mm solid interior border with a thinner exterior 1.5mm solid border around the edge. Inside the double bordered edge is a recessed background with small scratch like lines as the background. In the centre of the buckle is raised imagery of a drilling truck. Above the truck is raised bold text " CAREY " and below the truck is raised bold text " WELDING ". Back Element: has a flat rough texture with a floral based hook and an elongated hexagon hinge attached at one point. the attachment point is also a floral leafy design. In-between the two elements is the makers mark in a raised rectangle "AT" "MADE IN CANADA". Old Description (Kelsey Dalrymple, 3 June 2020):Carey Welding. Brass oval belt buckle with truck in centre.

Collection

Gordon McQuaig Collection

Cataloged By

Ashley Ranson

Category

Belt Buckles, Accessories

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

63.5 mm

Width

89 mm

Depth

14 mm

Dimension Notes

Excluding the back elements, the depth of the belt buckle is 4mm.

Material

Metal

Color

Bronze

Condition

Reason for Exam

Accession

Overall Condition

Fair

Date Examined

Aug 1, 2023

Surface

Front: Front of buckle has overall discolouration and fading. Top right of the border has a large dent/scrape on the corner of the border. Top left side of the border has large scrape. The 'A' in "CAREY" has a small chip in it. Back: Overall discolouration and fading across the back of the belt buckle. Along the left side of the buckle is a large line of adhesive residue. On the bottom right side and top right side of the buckle is two more patches of hardened adhesive residue.

Mechanism

Hinge is stiff but 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