Pair of rectangular plated metal shoe buckles with canted corners and bright cut border with stamped circles with flowers at corners and edge, steel chape.
fasteners
steel (alloy)
plating (metal coating)
Buckle
Buckle, Shoe
Buckle, Shoe
2135
Unknown
England or America
2 1/4 x 2 5/8 x 1 1/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
1940.772ab
For more information on shoe buckles see White, Carolyn L. "American Artifacts of Personal Adornment, 1680-1820," (2005).
Title Shoe buckles Accession Number 1940.772 ab
Title Shoe buckles Accession Number 1940.773 ab
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