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Pair of elliptical shoe buckles set with rectangular colorless pastes in steel frames, gold colored metal patterned border on inner edge, steel chape.
fasteners
paste (glass)
silver (metal)
gold alloy
steel (alloy)
Buckle
Buckle, Shoe
Buckle, Shoe
2134
Unknown
Probably England
1 13/16 x 2 3/4 x 1 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
1918.1037ab
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. For more information on shoe buckles see White, Carolyn L. "American Artifacts of Personal Adornment, 1680-1820," (2005).
Title Shoe Buckles Accession Number 1918.1037 ab
Title Knee buckle Accession Number 1918.1038 ab
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