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Shoe Buckles
1795-1805
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Williamsburg, United States
Men and women fashionably wore shoe buckles from about the 1660s to the end of the 18th century. These buckles with their paste stones would have shined when attending social events by candle light.
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Details
- Title: Shoe Buckles
- Date Created: 1795-1805
- Location Created: England; worn in Scotland, Strathclyde, Renfrew, Paisley, Abbey
- Physical Dimensions: Length: 3 ½ inches Width: 2 ½ inches
- Type: Shoe Buckles
- Rights: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Gift of the Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA.
- External Link: Learn more about this object at Colonial Williamsburg's emuseum
- Medium: Paste stones (glass), silver alloy, ferrous metals
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