Pair of shoe buckles Maker, formerly attributed to: Francis Garden (British, active Unite States, ca. 1741–45)
Maker: F. G. (English or American, w.c. 1760)

ca. 1760

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Medium

Silver, steel or iron

Dimensions

2 × 2 3/4 in. (5.1 × 7 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1931.324a-b

Geography

or United States

Culture

English or American

Period

18th century

Classification

Jewelry

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Provenance
Francis P. Garvan (1875-1937), New York, New York; gift 1931 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. 206, no. 273.
  • John Marshall Phillips, Masterpieces of New England Silver, 1650–1800: An Exhibition Held June 18 through September 10, 1939, Gallery of Fine Arts, Yale University (Boston: Harvard University Press, 1939), 44, no. 88.

Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Marks

"FG" [Roman] in relief within conforming punch on reverse of frame at each end.

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