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Shoe buckle (one of a pair)
about 1790
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Silver; paste
Dimensions
Height x width: 2 1/4 x 3 3/16 in. (5.7 x 8.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Mary Caroline Hardy
Accession Number51.444
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
DescriptionThe elliptical form set with shaped square and rectangular pastes. Original yellow foil backing faded, but still visble under some pastes. Each paste with black dot painted at bottom to simulate open culet. Silver closed back mount. Steel chape and tongue.
Inscriptions"Eleanor Clark Jany 1792" scratched on back (from card)
ProvenancePrevious owner: Brown, Anna Brown.
"Eleanor Clark (1772-1820) who married Dudley Walker (1769-1823) May 6th 1792. Said to have been his buckles." (from card)
"These originally belonged to Mr. Dudley Walker (1769-1813) of Boston who married Eleanor Clark (1772-1820) of Milton May 6, 1792." (from object file)
"Eleanor Clark (1772-1820) who married Dudley Walker (1769-1823) May 6th 1792. Said to have been his buckles." (from card)
"These originally belonged to Mr. Dudley Walker (1769-1813) of Boston who married Eleanor Clark (1772-1820) of Milton May 6, 1792." (from object file)