Restricted: For reference only; Group shot: RES.33.135, 33.294, 33.295, RES.33.133, 33.132

Shoe Buckle

John Wren (free 1767)

1802–03

Object PlaceLondon, England

Medium/TechniqueMetal

Dimensions2.9 x 5.3 x 7.5 cm (1 1/8 x 2 1/16 x 2 15/16 in.)

Credit LineAnonymous gift in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour (1833-1914)

Accession number33.294

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsSilver

Collections

Europe

InscriptionsMARKS: in the same locations on both buckles. on one side of buckle, maker's mark IW in cursive in a rectangle (similar to Grimwade 1756, but initials are closer together and there doesn't seem to be a pellet between); date letter G (1802/3). on other side of buckle, lion passant; obscured mark, looks like sovereign's head. ***no leopard's head that I can see.

Provenance1933, Anonymous gift in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour (1883-1914) to the MFA.