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2003-89,1&2, Shoe Buckles
Man's shoe buckle, one of a pair
2003-89,1&2, Shoe Buckles

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.