Stock Buckle Maker: Jeremiah Elfreth, Jr. (American, 1723–1765)

ca. 1750–1765

American Decorative Arts

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

Gold

Dimensions

1 1/2 × 1 3/16 in. (3.81 × 3.02 cm, 14 g)

Credit Line

Anonymous gift for the John Marshall Phillips Collection

Accession Number

1955.10.1

Culture
Period

18th century

Classification
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Provenance

Provenance

I. Head; Walter M. Jeffords, to 1955; 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, p. 195, no. 851
  • Peter J. Bohan, American Gold, 1700–1860, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1963), 39, no. 80
  • Carl M. Williams, "An Unrecorded Goldsmith," Antiques 51, no. 1 (January 1947), 41, fig. 4
Object copyright
Additional information

Marks

"JE" in rectangle on back of center stud.

Inscriptions

"I Head" engraved on back of chape.

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