RARE !!! C MID1800s GEORGIAN FOIL BACKED DIAMOND CUT PASTE PAIR OF SHOE BUCKLES WITH STEEL MOUNTS

RARE !!!  ANTIQUE GEORGIAN SHOE BUCKLES

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YOU DONT FIND THESE EVERYDAY AND IN SUCH FANTASTIC CONDITION !!!  GEORGIAN PASTE CURVED SHOE BUCKLES.....DURING THE 1720s SHOE BUCKLES BEGAN TO GET LARGER AND CONTINUED TO GROW IN SIZE UNTIL LATE 1780s BUCKLES REACHED THEIR PEAK OF GLORY FROM 1760-1780 BOTH IN SIZE AND STYLE, MENS SHOES OF THIS PERIOD BECAME LIGHT AND MORE ELEGANT. PASTE IS A HEAVY, HIGH LEAD GLASS AND IS MORE EASILY CUT AND SHAPED THAN DIAMONDS AND COULD BE CLOSELY SET WITHOUT THE VISUAL INTRUSION OF METAL SETTINGS CREATING A MASS OF SPARKLING BRILLIANCE. 18 CENTURY PASTE IS ALWAYS FOIL BACKED. THIS PAiR OF GEORGIAN SHOE BUCKLES ARE MADE OF FOIL BACKED, DIAMOND CUT PASTE AND SPARKLE BEAUTIFULLY PICKING UP NEARBY COLOURS AND ARE SO CLOSELY SET YOU CANNOT SEE THE METAL IN BETWEEN,  OBVIOUSLY THE WORK OF A MASTER CRAFTSMAN, THE BACKS ARE HAND CRAFTED STEEL ALL IN PERFECT ANTIQUE CONDITION. LENGTH 5.3cm, WIDTH 4.5cm.

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