Unidentified creator. Pair of English shoe buckles, made of silver, steel, and paste stones, in a box

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Title: Unidentified creator. Pair of English shoe buckles, made of silver, steel, and paste stones, in a box
Creator: Unidentified creator
Published / Created: undated
Abstract: Object inherited or owned by Ezra Stiles, and passed by descent to his daughter Ruth Stiles Gannett (1765-1808), her son Ezra Stiles Gannett (1801-1871), his son William Channing Gannett (1840-1923), and his son Lewis Stiles Gannett (1891-1966). and One pair of English shoe buckles, circa 1780, featuring paste stones set in a silver bridge with bright-cut steel chapes and tongues. Each buckle measures 8 x 4.5 cm, and is 3 cm high. The pair is housed in its original domed wood box covered with embossed paper and lined with silk and velvet panels; the box measures 4.5 x 11.5 x 9 cm.
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Extent: 2 buckles ; 8 x 4.5 x 3 cm.
Extent of Digitization: Completely digitized

Call Number: GEN MSS 1475
Collection Title: Ezra Stiles Papers
Collection/Other Creator: Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795
Collection Date: 1667-1991 (Bulk: 1740-1795)
Collection Note: Series V. Miscellaneous Volumes and Papers. Undated Papers (Yale College President)
Container / Volume Information: Box 75
Finding Aid: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.stiles

Format: three dimensional object
Genre: Boxes (containers)--United States--18th century
Buckles (strap accessories)--England--18th century
Costume accessories--England--18th century
Paste (glass)--England--18th century
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name): Sewall, Samuel, 1652-1730
Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795.
Stiles, Isaac, 1697-1760
Stiles, Kezia Taylor, 1697-1727

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Citation: Ezra Stiles Papers. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.