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Navette-shaped knee buckle set with pastes in silver collets and gold engraved bezels, steel hinged chape and tongue.
fasteners
paste (glass)
silver (metal)
gold alloy
steel (alloy)
Buckle
Buckle, Knee
Buckle, Knee
1296
Unknown
Probably England
2 x 1 3/8 x 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
1918.1038
For more information on pastes see Fales, Martha Gandy, "Jewelry in America, 1600-1900," (1995): 48-51; 115-120; Phillips, Clare, "Jewels and Jewelry," (2000): 54-55.
Title Shoe Buckles Accession Number 1918.1037 ab
Title Knee buckle Accession Number 1918.1038 ab
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