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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.