Jeffrey S. Evans & Assoc., Inc.
Live Auction

March 21, 2024: Americana - Day Two

Thu, Mar 21, 2024 09:00AM EDT
  • Costumes & Accessories
Lot 1325

GEORGIAN ERA ENGLISH / EUROPEAN PASTE STONE SHOE BUCKLES, LOT OF FIVE

Estimate: $100 - $200
Sold for
$209.10
Sold Price includes BP

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

GEORGIAN ERA ENGLISH / EUROPEAN PASTE STONE SHOE BUCKLES, LOT OF FIVE, each piece with arched white metal, or possibly silver, frame set with colorless cut paste / glass stones having steel chape and tongue, comprising a rectangular pair with rosette designs, a navette-form pair, and a single navette-form buckle. Unmarked, frames of unknown metal content. Probably English or French. Second half 18th/early 19th century. One rectangular buckle 3 1/8" x 2" x 1 1/4" OA.

Condition

Fair to very good overall condition with wear and other imperfections including bending, rusting to steel, denting, and flaking/chipping to stones; rectangular pair each lacking one or three stones, one or a few splits metal, one with a partial loss to one tongue prong; single buckle lacking six stones and a split to one empty setting.

Deaccessioned from the Wilton House Museum collection, Richmond, VA.
Both buckle pairs: Accessioned in 1901.