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Pair of Shoe Buckles

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1915-1922

GUSN

GUSN-100674

Description

Pair of oval silver shoe buckles, machine engraved wave pattern; bar fastener

Details

Descriptive Terms

fasteners
silver (metal)
BUCKLE, SHOE

Inscription

"L & P / STERLING" is stamped on both twice, second stamps on both are partially obscured. (Stamped)

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

117

Maker

Lewis & Page, Inc.

Location of Origin

Providence, Rhode Island

Dimensions

1 5/8 in (1); 1 5/8 in (2) x 1 7/8 in (1); 1 7/8 in (2) (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.2996.1-2

Reference Notes

For more information on the Codman estate see the entire issue of "Old Time New England" 71, no. 258 (1981).

Places

Rhode Island (United States)
Providence (Providence county, Rhode Island)

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