Tiny Colonial buckle

[HCW]

I found the counter stamped
Large cent a few weeks ago.
It's only there for scale.
Any ideas on what the buckle was for?

 

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[toasted]

Buckle is probably childs shoe buckle circa 1700-1720

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice early 1700's buckle!

 

[JeffInMass]

Simply spectacular- Congrats!

 

[Erik in NJ]

Buckle is probably childs shoe buckle circa 1700-1720

Hi Toasted! Interesting. How did you narrow it down to that timeframe?

 

[toasted]

Hi Toasted! Interesting. How did you narrow it down to that timeframe?

Square shape common for 1700s but the single spike in the chape was abandoned in favor of two spikes by about 1720 or so. Could not be much earlier as two piece buckles originated around 1680. This according to Ross Whitehead’s Buckle book whichI believe is one of if not the best source for dating colonial era buckles. His buckle dating usually matches up nicely with the buckles Im finding and the dates of coins Im finding at various sites

 

[Gene Mean]

Congrats on the nice old buckle! It's in great shape.

 

[Erik in NJ]

That's great--thanks for the sage insight and reference book!

Square shape common for 1700s but the single spike in the chape was abandoned in favor of two spikes by about 1720 or so. Could not be much earlier as two piece buckles originated around 1680. This according to Ross Whitehead’s Buckle book whichI believe is one of if not the best source for dating colonial era buckles. His buckle dating usually matches up nicely with the buckles Im finding and the dates of coins Im finding at various sites

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!!! Congrats!!!!

 

[toasted]

That's great--thanks for the sage insight and reference book!

I will add that I believe that spectacle buckles that Whitehead puts at no later than 1650 were in fact still made or at least still used into the early 18th century but his info on two piece buckles seems pretty solid.

 

[Wildcat1750]

That's a fine buckle and so tiny! Plus it's all there...!

 

[HCW]

Thank you all for the praise and thank to Toasted for the I D.

 

[pepperj]

Nice buckle for sure.
Liking the counter stamp as well (kind of crudely done) but that adds to the appeal.

 

[CrapOla]

Nice find

 

[Silvermonkey]

That's an old one for sure. Great find HCW!

 

[CRUSADER]

Buckle is probably childs shoe buckle circa 1700-1720

Agreed, although I would probably just say small shoe buckle, not sure on childs but could be.

 

[CRUSADER]

PS. Your in the right spot.

 

[HCW]

PS. Your in the right spot.

Thanks.
And the home owner is fantastic.
The homestead had been out of the family, but is now back. One of his ancestors settled the property. He's told me to keep everything but I have left everything significant to the property with him.
It's the right thing to do, And it comes back in spades.