Advanced Search 
Buckle
about 1830–40
Object Place: Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Mother-of-pearl
Dimensions
Overall: 8.3cm (3 1/4in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik
Accession NumberRES.58.7
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
DescriptionThe buckle is composed of a single piece of mother-of-pearl carved with various patterns, including a border of five pointed stars.
ProvenanceBelonged to Mrs. Joseph Moore of Ware, Massachusetts, and depicted in the portrait of her family in the Museum collection (58.25) by Erastus Salisbury Field; by descent to her great-granddaughter Helen E. Farrar of Sherborn, Massachusetts.