Shoe Buckles

1775–1815

Richard Humphreys (American, 1750–1832)
Philadelphia

Status: On View, Gallery 167
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Richard Humphreys
Title: Shoe Buckles
Place: Philadelphia (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1775–1815
Medium: Silver and iron
Inscriptions: One buckle marked once and other twice, in shaped rectangle: "RH" Each buckle incised on bottom: "XXXX"
Dimensions: 2.2 × 6.3 × 5 cm (7/8 × 2 1/2 × 2 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Nelson E. Smyth
Reference Number: 1988.57a-b
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With Jonathan Trace, Putnam Valley, NY, by 1987; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1987.

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