Man's shoe buckle, one of a pair
Date1765-1775
OriginEngland
MediumSilver-faced copper; iron/steel fittings
Dimensions2 1/8" x 2 3/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2003-89,2
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.
ca. 1760
1743
1770-1790
1770-1790
1760-1775
1798-1801
18th c.
18th century
Ca. 1780
1780-1790