Shoe Buckle

Date1880-1900

OriginAmerica, New York, Albany or New York City

MediumNickel alloys, silver, iron

DimensionsOL: 3 1/2"; OW: 3 1/2"; Weight: 5 oz., 10 dwt., 12 gr., 16 two.

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1964-293,1

DescriptionShoe Buckle: Thirty-one plain discs applied with round-headed rivets to backing of rounded rectangular form curved to conform to shoe; elaborately arranged steel prongs. Uninscribed as to owner.
Label TextLarge Colonial Revival Buckles with Applied Disks
America, probably Albany or New York City, 1880-1900
Nickel alloys, silver, iron
1964-293, 1-2

Although made in the style of the eighteenth century, the specific combination of nickel alloys in these buckles was not used until the nineteenth century. The buckles were probably made for dress-up in colonial costume at that later date.

MarkingsUnmarked.
ProvenanceVendor: Robert H. Palmiter Bouckville, NY
Ex Coll: Glen-Sanders Collection, Scotia, NY