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Pair of shoe buckles
Attributed to: Paul Revere, Jr. (American, 1734–1818)
About 1790–95
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silver; steel, copper
Dimensions
Overall: 9.5 x 8.9 x 9.5 cm (3 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Pauline Revere Thayer Collection
Accession Number35.1795a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Catalogue Raisonné
Buhler, 1972, No. 396
DescriptionSquare with cut corners, bent into semi-circle. Medallions with portrait heads (Washington?) in center of top & bottom. Copper backed, steel tongues. (from card)
Marks
"REVERE" in rectangle on back (from card)
InscriptionsWorn inscripton on the reverse of one buckle, illegible.
ProvenanceCollection of Mrs. Pauline Revere Thayer by 1935; to MFA December 5, 1935, bequest.
Early history unknown; given to the Museum in 1935 by the collector Pauline Revere Thayer;
Early history unknown; given to the Museum in 1935 by the collector Pauline Revere Thayer;