Shoe Buckle

c. 1780

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George Christopher Dowig

Shoe Buckle

George Christopher Dowig

Shoe Buckle

c. 1780

Physical Qualities Silver, 2 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 1 in. (5.4 × 6.4 × 2.5 cm.)

Credit Line Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore

Object Number 1933.54.15a

George Christopher Dowig worked in Philadelphia from 1745 to 1773 before coming to Baltimore, where he was in business until about 1795. Shoe buckles, such as these, rarely survive. With changing fashions, they became obsolete and were often melted down.

Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Virginia Purviance Bonsal White (1869-1955), Baltimore, MD

Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds. "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975. p. 44, ill.

Markings: stamped: GD scratched on underside: xxxxx