Gold-plated shoe buckle of copper (?), Embellished with shell and fruit, With shell and relief relief. Rococco. Rectangular and curved model, rounded corners. Smooth from below and thickened for the pivot. Under buckle: single, U-shaped steel eye with two sharp points and a battery drawer shaped part at the spindle, which is blindly attached in the decorative border. Loose, hinged fork-shaped tongue (or point?) With sharp points. England or France? The shoe closes on the instep with two leather slips falling over one another, the other through the top edge., anonymous, England (possibly), c. 1770, geheel, gilding, h 4.9 cm × w 6.1 cm × d 1.2 cm
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Gold-plated shoe buckle, copper, Embellished, shell, fruit, relief relief, Rococco, Rectangular, curved model, rounded corners, Smooth, thickened, pivot, Under buckle, single, U-shaped steel eye, two sharp points, battery drawer shaped part, spindle, blindly attached, decorative border, Loose, hinged fork-shaped tongue, point, sharp points, England, France, shoe closes, instep, two leather slips falling, another, top edge, c, 1770, geheel, gilding
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