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Shoe buckle
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Shoe buckle

Dateca. 1775
Marked by William Hollingshead (b. c. 1728-1808)
MediumSilver, steel
DimensionsOH: 1 1/4"; OL: 3"; OW: 2 1/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1952-295,2
DescriptionShoe buckle. Plain arched rectangular silver frame; steel chape with square-shoulder tongue (tongue appears to be replaced; solder repair on on side of frame at juncture to chape ; straight double prong.
MarkingsMarked on back of silver frame in relief "W*H" in semiscript within an engrailed rectangle
ProvenanceDuplicates from the Mabel Brady Garvan Collection, Yale University Art Gallery.