Shoe Buckle
Dateca. 1760
OriginEngland
MediumSilver, glass, foil, gold (gilding)
DimensionsOL: 2"; OW: 2 7/8"; OH: 1"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1950-109,1
DescriptionSilver shoe buckle set with colorless pastes, one of pair in case:Arched, elliptical, silver frame set with large colorless pastes and with rectangular, gilded band on interior of frame; silver fluke and chape straight double prong.
See record for 1950-109,3 for case for buckles
Label TextBoth men and women wore shoe buckles to secure footwear. Steel or base metals were common, but wealthy gentlemen and ladies donned examples made of silver or set with paste stones.
ProvenanceNot known.
1760-1775
ca. 1760
1775-1800
3rd quarter 18 c.
18th century
1760-1780
1770-1790
1770-1790
1720-1735 (poss. worn again late 18th C.)
1720-1735, possibly altered late 18th C.
1740-1760
1740-1760