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Enameled metal belt buckle formed from two interlocking, similarly formed sections (one half is broken into two pieces). Each half of the buckle is formed from a series of five openwork stamped oval shapes arranged in foliate fashion. One half set with large hook at center front, connecting to ring with attached chain on matching half. Buckle would have been attached to a leather or fabric belt (no longer extant).
buckles (strap accessories)
accessories
fasteners
metal
stamping (forming)
enamel (fused coating)
Buckle
Buckle, Belt
Steel
Filigree
Buckle, Belt
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
2.875 x 2.75 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.4800A-C
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