Buckle, Shoe
- Object Name:
- Buckle, Shoe
- Object ID:
- 2002.023.08
- Date:
- 1750-1800
- Description:
- Pair of shoe buckles, silver and marcasite. Convex oval decorated with faceted marcasite. Open center with black fabric insert, lined with cotton twill. Fixed silver strap on reverse. Accompanied by note written by Frances Perry Dudley: "Pickering shoe buckles given me by Mrs. Lucretia Pickering Frink of Greenland. Paper with signature of Countess Rumford."
- Material:
- Metal
Silver
Marcasite - Dimensions:
- H-1.6 W-2.25 D-0.6 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of the Perry-Dudley Family Archive and Shepard Collection.
Owned by Lucretia Morse Pickering Frink (1832-1915) of Greenland, NH, who gave them to Frances Perry Dudley (1861-1953) of Exeter, NH. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Shepard, Jr., in memory of Mr. Shepard's mother and maternal grandmother
- Subjects:
- Buckles
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