Man's shoe buckle, one of a pair
OriginEngland
MediumSilver-faced copper; iron/steel fittings
Dimensions2 1/8" x 2 3/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2003-89,1
DescriptionShoe buckle, one of pair, made of silver facing over copper with iron-steel back pieces. Rectangular pierced guilloche with single flower in each corner superimposed on oval outer frame with chased feather-edge decoration.ProvenanceProbably owned by John Lyle, Essex County, Virginia, a shoemaker whose ledger diary and 1780s discharge papers from the British army survived with the buckles. Diary and discharge papers are in the CWF John D. Rockefeller Library.
1765-1775
ca. 1760
1770-1790
1770-1790
1798-1801
1760-1775
18th century
18th c.
Ca. 1780
1780-1790
1750-1785