Colonial shoe buckle

[Treasurehunter133]

Time period and could this have belonged to a prominent or rich person?

 

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[crabstang44]

Dont think this is a shoe buckle, more like a sash buckle

 

[Gene Mean]

Hey, real nice piece! Looks like copper so maybe not rich but pretty fancy anyway. Try a little lemon juice to clean and look for some gilt to come out under the dirt maybe.

 

[Silvermonkey]

A very nice find. I'm also thinking that this is not a shoe buckle, but great regardless.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Cool find, congrats!

Not sure about it being a buckle?

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[A2coins]

Thats a cool find does look pretty old would love to see it cleaned up an ID might be much easier. Tommy

 

[RelicMedic]

That would be my guess too. Later Victorian sash buckle. Stamped brass, thin, and the pattern points that way. Still a cool find! Shoe buckles are thicker strong copper, brass, iron, pewter or silver.

 

[Colonial Digger]

Great find! Love the fancy buckles!

 

[PetesPockets55]

Nice find.

Too lightweight for a shoe buckle. Wondering if it might possibly be a fancy document binder (paper clip) or possibly a type of hair barret?
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[U.B.]

It’s a beautiful piece, no matter what it turns out to be. I’d have lost 15 minutes of hunting just rolling that over in my hand. Nice save!