Ebay is such a wonderous place. I won an auction for these awesome 18th century shoe buckles – only $35!!
They were quite brown when they arrived from England, but a little brass polish has brought out the most wonderful shine, and details not visible before.
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| The beautiful details of these stamped brass buckles… |
These are fascinating because they were clearly mass produced, just stamped out of a mold, although the chape and tongue are still hand forged and unique.
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| A little rusty steel won’t stop these bad boys from seeing a little shoe action again. |
The best part of all? These fit the Kensington, Georgiana, and Devonshire latchets … and you know what that means. 🙂
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| Before, on the right, and after a little polish, on the left. Still needs some cleaning… |
9 Comments
Angela Reichelderfer
July 2, 2012 at 11:39 PMThese are really neat! And how wonderful that they are cleaning up so well! In the last 200+ years, think of how many pairs of shoes these darlings have hitched a ride on – lol! 😉
Lauren Stowell
July 3, 2012 at 9:05 PMBoggles the mind! I think these might have been men's buckles. Wonder who wore them? 😀
Caroline
July 3, 2012 at 12:39 AMCongratulations! Exciting!! Isn't it great for them to have new life again 🙂
Gwenyver
July 3, 2012 at 1:59 AMWhat a catch! Does this mean we can expect Le Shoppe to carry reproductions in the next year?
Lauren Stowell
July 3, 2012 at 9:05 PMYes, yes it does. 🙂
Melissa
July 3, 2012 at 9:44 AMSimply awesome! Don't you love finding old objects, giving them a little cleaning and releasing their beauty? Nicely done!
Lauren Stowell
July 3, 2012 at 9:06 PMYes! I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around how old they are!
Lauren
July 3, 2012 at 4:38 PMDROOL!!!!!
Unknown
February 8, 2015 at 2:49 AMyou did very well with getting these at this price.these are mens colonial shoe buckles.circa 1780 or so.we find these often with metal detectors at colonial sites