Shoe buckle

Date1775-1800

Mediumsilver, paste, steel

DimensionsLength: 2 3/4"; width: 1 3/4"; height: 1 1/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1978-89,1

DescriptionOval shoe buckle set with colorless paste "stones"Mark(s)noneProvenanceSaid to have been worn by Judge Joseph Prentis I (1754-1809) of Williamsburg and by Joseph Prentis, Jr., of Williamsburg and Suffolk, VA. A letter of Dec. 23, 1978, written by Dr. Joseph P. Webb states "Attached to the box containing these [shoe buckles] was a notation in my grandmother Webb's handwriting stating that they belonged to Joseph Prentis I."
Ex Coll: Mrs. Blanche M. Webb, Charlottesville, VA