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This pair of discs interlock to form a buckle (leather or fabric belt no longer extant) at the cetnter front. Each half of the buckle is a cast bronzed metal disc. The surface of each disc is decorated with cast designs of swirling knots surrounding a gallery of pierced teardrops, each surrounded by raised dots in relief.
buckles (strap accessories)
accessories
fasteners
bronzing
casting (process)
Buckle
Bronzed
Buckle
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
1 1/2 x 1 3/8 x 7/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.4799AB
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