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Pair of vertically oriented rectangular gilt metal shoe buckles, stamped and chased scroll and floral design; steel three pronged fastener.
fasteners
BUCKLE, SHOE
111
Unknown
2 1/2 in (A); 2 1/2 in (B) x 1 3/8 in (A); 1 3/8 in (B) (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Mrs. Waldo O. Ross
1938.853ab
Similar buckle is pictured in Bury, Shirley, "Jewellery, 1789-1910," v. 1 (1991): 349, color plate 87.
Title Pair of shoe buckles Accession Number 1938.853 ab
Title Belt buckle Accession Number 1938.854
Title Belt buckle Accession Number 1938.855
Title Shoe or belt buckle Accession Number 1938.856
Title Vulcanite back comb Accession Number 1938.940
Title Tortoiseshell back comb Accession Number 1938.941
Title Tortoiseshell back comb Accession Number 1938.942
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