Shoe Buckles
Date1750-1770
OriginEngland
MediumSilver, steel, paste
DimensionsOH: 2 in.; OW: 1 3/4 in.
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, Carol E. Harrison
Object number2018-136,A&B
DescriptionSmall oval women’s shoe buckles with inner rim of white paste or glass stones bordered on the exterior with violet colored paste or glass stones. The interior chapes are iron with tines to pierce the latchet of the shoe and a lower chape to fit around the under lachet of the shoe.
1785-1795
ca. 1760
1795-1805
1795-1805
1795-1805
1785-1795
1770-1780
1780-1790
1790-1795
ca. 1780
1760-1775
ca. 1770