buckle
- Museum number
- 1978,1002.1212
- Description
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Buckle. Silver set with colourless pastes in rubbed-over foliate settings.
- Production date
- 1762 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Width: 4.10 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Text from catalogue of the Hull Grundy Gift (Gere et al) no 86:
The design of this buckle is close to one of those in The Book of Ornaments for Jewellers by Jean Quien, published in London in 1710, with a second edition in 1762 (see Fig. 10). (Charlotte Gere).
- Location
- On display (G46/dc22)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2003, BM, London 1753, cat.3.55
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1978,1002.1212