✅ SOLVED Very Old Brass Clasp Or Buckle w/Cameo

[Natman]

Hi all,

Dug this about 2 hours ago at an 1870 house site, looks very old and cameo must have been good quality to have survived in the ground for so long. Actually there was a house next to it that was torn down years ago that may have been even older. It's a beautiful piece and I'm glad I went by there again, pounded the place for over 30 hours since last fall and still finding a few cool things here and there. Any help appreciated on what might be and approximate age.

Nat

 

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[ARC]

Sash buckle IMO.

 

[HuntinDog]

That's half of a pretty neat Sash Buckle.
Cool find

 

[smokeythecat]

Neat buckle. It's Victorian in age (mid 19th century), but the costume goes back, kinda retro to early 1800's. Nice, nice find.

 

[PikesPeakCharlie]

That piece is just flat out fantastic !!!!!!!! Congrats !!!!

 

[Joe-Dirt]

I like that thing, very nice

 

[Natman]

Thanks guys!

 

[Reanm8er]

Very nice find Natman congrats!

Small sash buckle with a painted porcelain picture of a curly haired lady in a ridding habit?

 

[highnam]

Coolest sash buckle I have seen posted, go find the other half!

 

[Natman]

Neat buckle. It's Victorian in age (mid 19th century), but the costume goes back, kinda retro to early 1800's. Nice, nice find.

When I was cleaning it off I noticed the picture was darkening...it turns out the image was on an oval shaped plastic "lens" that came off. Behind it was a paper backing that disintegrated. I put the lens back on with a new paper backing and it looks fine now. I'm wondering about the age of this piece since it's not actually a cameo, but more like an image that was inside the plastic piece.