Pair of two-part buckles | Yale University Art Gallery

about 1760

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 1 1/16 × 11/16 in. (2.7 × 1.75 cm)
weight of all four pieces: ()
Credit Line: Mabel Brady Garvan Collection
Accession Number: 1948.221a-d
Geography: Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Culture: American
Period: 18th century
Classification: Jewelry
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Provenance

Perhaps Mrs. Howell; Francis P. Garvan (1875-1937), New York, New York; gift 1948 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. 2, pp. 272–73, no. 1033

Object copyright

Additional information

Marks

"PS" in rectangle on reverse of three; "**" in rectangle on reverse of one.

"ACRS" under shield with flowers, engraved on one disk; "1760" engraved on one disk.

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