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Knee buckle

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1770-1800

GUSN

GUSN-100677

Description

Round paste knee buckle set in silver, square colorless paste border; steel hinged chape and tongue.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fasteners
silver (metal)
BUCKLE, KNEE

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

120

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

13/16 in x 7/8 in x 3/16 in (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.2406

Reference Notes

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

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