Buckle

Object Name:

Buckle

Object ID:

1956.122

Date:

1770-1790

Description:

Stock Buckle. Silver. Oblong with hammered faceted nailhead decoration on front of frame. Three-pronged tongue and four buttons on the chape. Hinge running vertically through the center. Sewn to rectangular card with cotton thread. "One of Genl. Stark's / Kneeebuckles" written in ink on card. "One of a Pair of Silver Knee Buckles / Worn by Major General John Stark / Hero of Bunker Hill and Bennington (1775 & 1777) / Born 1728 Died 1822 / Untouched / since / worn by / Gen. / Stark / other buckle / owned by / Mrs. Mollie / Breeden / Los Angeles/ Lineal Desc. J. S. / & D.A.R. Member / Presented (1940) by Gt-Gr.daughter Jennie L. Osborne. Born 1858, To / Howard P. Moore. White Plains, N.Y. Compiler, Stark Genealogy." printed in ink on blue cardboard backing. Gold painted frame with silver liner; glazed.

Material:

Metal
Silver

Dimensions:

W-1.2 L-1.8 inches

Provenance:

Among the prized possessions given by Gen. John Stark to his grand-daughter Susan (Stark) Gamble (1797-1860) before his death. She left them to her daughters, Eleanor Gamble (1830-1910) and Susan G. Abbott (1834-1910). They bequeathed the objects to Susan G. Abbott's daughter, Jennie L. Osborne (1858-1941), who gave them to author Howard P. Moore (1868-1954) in 1940. After Moore's death his daughter, Dorothy L. Lewis (1896-1978), donated them to the Society.

Credit Line:

Gift of Dorothy Moore Lewis

People:

Stark, John (1728-1822), Gamble, Susan (1797-1860), Gamble, Eleanor (1830-1910), Abbott, Susan G. (1834-1910), Osborne, Jennie A. (1858-1941), Moore, Howard P. (1868-1954), Lewis, Dorothy L. (1896-1978)

Subjects:

Buckles