Pair of oval cut steel buckles, faceted cut steel beads in concentric circles, steel bar on reverse for attachment.
fasteners
BUCKLE
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
363
Unknown
3/4 in (A); 3/4 in (B) x 15/16 in (A); 15/16 in (B) x 1/8 in (A); 1/8 in (B) (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.3026.1-2
For more information on cut steel jewelry see: Bury, Shirley, "Jewellery, 1789-1910," v. 2 (1991): 702-707; Dawes, Ginny Reddington and Corinne Davidov, "Victorian Jewelry: Unexplored Treasures," (1991): 100-109. For more information on the Codman estate see the entire issue of "Old Time New England" 71, no. 258 (1981).
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