Buckle info please

[MikeRo]

Found these today....Any idea on the age & identification? Also dug a 1839 ( I believe) large cent nearby. Thanks

 

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[creskol]

The top one is a harness buckle shield/cover circa 1879 or later.

 

[Tpmetal]

The top one is a harness buckle shield/cover circa 1879 or later.

Agreed for that first one. I also find those other two styles at my pre 1930s sites and always assumed from some sort of horse stuff as well.

 

[Colonial Digger]

I agree, as well they all seam to be Horse related ' Great finds.

 

[MikeRo]

Great! Thanks for the information.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

My good friend Creskol is correct about horse-harness relics, as usual. MikeRo, here's some more-specific ID information. Your find is a Mosman's Patent buckle-shield a.k.a. "buckle cover." It was invented and patented David Mosman of New Britain CT in 1879, the date Creskol said.

The images below show:
Mosman's US Patent application describing his invention,
the diagram of it from his patent-application,
a specimen which is patent-marked with the issue date (Dec. 16, 1879), and
a scan from the 1895 Montgomery-Ward mail-order catalog selling this version of buckle-shield (which mis-spelled Mosman's name).

Under US Patent law, the Patented device was patent-marked during the patent's 17-year lifetime. After the patent expired, anybody could manufacture them without having to pay the inventor a royalty (or license-to-manufacture) fee, and they were not marked. If your Mosman's buckle-shield has no patent-marking, it was made after the patent expired (1896).

 

[ticndig]

now to run off and see if mine are dated .. thanks for the info.

 

[smokeythecat]

TheCannonballguy is rocking it!

 

[MikeRo]

Amazing! Awesome info evreyone! Thank You!