Small Mystery Brass Find! Dug at 1700's Home!
Dug up this odd small piece of brass at a 1780's property. The find is actually not broken off of something its fully intact. Cant remember how deep it was but if I had to guess id say it was about 5 inches deep. Any Help would be greatly appreciated!
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Buckle off a doll's dress?
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cavet clasp piece????vanzutphen
it looks like it may have broken off a larger piece but i'm unsure of just what it is for sure PT . it looks like it definitely has some age to it too.
not a bad guess DonaldOriginally Posted by donald sutphin
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To me it looks like a piece of a ring clamp. But those didn't come made of copper and the edges are too nice to have been cut by sheers.
Hey Guys! Was talking to Isaac and he said it might be a colonial clog clasp off of a shoe buckle? Any Ideas???
i've got many many many complete colonial shoe buckles and I can't recall a piece that looks like this on any of them PT.
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Dan but the clog clasp I think was on a different part of the shoe than the buckle?... it's interesting piece for sure, i was throwing out ideas
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can you show any pictures of this piece on a shoe or link of what you mean , Isaac?? I 've never seen one before.
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Hey Dan these are the best I can find. Some have design some don't. Some have two holes some have three (to adjust size???) and they are on clogs. I just saw someone else find it and It looked very similar
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I read they are mostly an England thing... Shoe buckles after 1700 were mostly an American thing (I infer that because I don't see many Georgian shoe buckles dug in England compared to 1600's type)...Hmmm interesting. Maybe that's why not a lot are found in the states
Last edited by Isaac; 06-04-2015 at 04:44 PM.
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very interesting Isaac , never seen anything like those beforethey seem more of a clasp then anything else , very cool ( I love learning new things , thank you sir) is there a time period when these were prevalent (early 1700's , mid or late 1700's , ect? ) ??
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Hey guys this all is super awesome and thanks Isaac for the ID!
Now why didnt i think of that. That dang shoe looks like the one my grand father kick me in my arse with for not listening, yep i know that shoe anywhere,
I would look at this site 1700s soldiers neck stock clasp check out pick 6 and 8 and see what you think.
was doing some random researching and cam across this PT , it looks like an exact match . great call and Id Isaac .17 -1800's
http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/sho...-clasp&cat=126
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Thanks Del!!
Exacto issac, glad i went back to this topic the site del found it neat.
Del glad you got your answer and posting the web site with the info.
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