Buckle

Object Name:

Buckle

Object ID:

1969.005.058

Creator:

Wedgwood (England)

Place of Origin:

England

Date:

1790

Description:

Belt buckle. Steel and ceramic. White figures on blue background of tall oval ceramic center. Two facing each other behind short column. Left-hand figure more draped and holding vessel in her right hand. Figure also holding another vessel sitting on top of column with her left hand. Right-hand figure also wearing long dress, holding something in her right hand. Series of small white blossoms with small petals around edge of ceramic piece. In center of each blossom, faceted and polished metal stone. Ceramic held in larger metal oval piece with two separate rows of faceted and polished steel stones. Small petals around each stone of outer row to emulate pattern on ceramic portion. Fine beaded border holding ceramic portion in place and another that separates the two patterns in metal support. Curved and perforated, roughly T-shape piece of sheet metal riveted to back of concave rear surface of mount. Folded over broad hook at one end of T-shaped piece. Another curved piece of sheet metal with small holes and an aperture that fits over hook on buckle. Scallops to curved piece that correspond to the many holes on its edge.

Material:

Metal
Ceramic
Steel

Dimensions:

H-3.46 W-2.03 D-0.27 inches Weight-2.166 oz

Credit Line:

Josiah Abbott Dadmun and Susan Dadmun Collections, Bequest of Helen I. Dadmun Doble