Buckle, Knee

Object Name:: Buckle, Knee
Object ID:: 1975.071.01
Place of Origin:: Amesbury, MA
Date:: 1750-1780
Description:: Knee Buckle. Cast convex silver buckle; circular, with nail-head and rope design on front; hinged steel heart-shaped chape and two-tine tongue. Worn by Rev. Paine Wingate (1703-1786) of Amesbury, MA.
Material:: Metal
Silver
Dimensions:: H-0.125 W-1.125 L-1.125 inches
Provenance:: Two silver knee buckles were owned by Rev. Paine Wingate (1703-1787) of Amesbury, MA. They were inherited by his youngest son, Joseph Wingate (1751-1828) of Hallowell, ME. His widow, Judith (Carr) Wingate (1759-1844) sent the coin and buckles to Joseph C. A. Wingate (1830-1905) during the 1830s. Joseph C. A. Wingate gave them to his nephew, Dana J. P. Wingate (1891-1918) in 1892, who left them to his sister Mabel Wingate (1886-1983), the donor.
Credit Line:: Gift of Mabel Wingate
People:: Wingate, Paine (1703-1786), Wingate, Joseph (1751-1828), Wingate, Judith (1759-1844), Pickering, John (1777-1846), Wingate, John (1781-1831), Wingate, Joseph C. A. (1830-1905), Wingate, Dana J. P. (1891-1918), Wingate, Mabel (1886-1983)