Pair of knee buckles | Yale University Art Gallery

ca. 1780–1800

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 1 × 1 3/8 in. (2.54 × 3.49 cm)
Credit Line: Mabel Brady Garvan Collection
Accession Number: 1936.189a-b
Geography: Made in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Culture: American
Period: 18th century
Classification: Jewelry
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Provenance

Francis P. Garvan (1875-1937), New York, New York; gift 1936 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

Kathryn C. Buhler and Graham Hood, American Silver in the Yale University Art Gallery, 2 vols. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1970), vol. 1, p. 302, no. 506

Object copyright

Additional information

Marks

"IWG" [Roman, the I barred] in relief within rectangle with scalloped lower edge on reverse of frame.

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