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Buckle, Knee

Object Name:
Buckle, Knee
Object ID:
1997.016.01 a-b
Date:
1780-1800
Description:
Knee Buckles, pair. Originally owned by Jabez Eaton (1752-1837), Danville, NH. D-shaped silver rings, with free-moving steel chape and two-tined tongue. Identical pair. No maker's mark evident.
Material:
Metal
Silver
Steel
Dimensions:
H-1.25 W-1.25 D-0.125 inches
Provenance:
The buckles were originally owned by Jabez Eaton (1752-1837) of Danville, great-great- great-grandfather of the donor, Halcyon Hobbs Springer.
Credit Line:
Gift of Halcyon Hobbs Springer, in Memory of her grandmother, Minnie Douglas Smith
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