Colonial or later?

Domoryder77 · May 25, 2022

Found this shoe buckle at a new spot and haven’t been able to get any info on the history for time period. Anyone familiar with buckles know If this is colonial or a later time period?

beepsticker · May 25, 2022

If I understand correctly, shoe buckles were used until the early 1800's when shoe makers were better able to install the reinforcing for holes and the use of laces took off.

kweis · May 27, 2022

I'd say 1700's all day. Could be either side of the Revolution though.

FreeBirdTim · May 31, 2022

Looks pretty big, so I'm going with 1770's to 1790's. Shoe buckles kept getting larger and larger during that period until the fad petered out in the late 1700's.

Chaznsc · Jun 6, 2022

I'm just glad I don't have to wear a buckle like that

Colonial or later?

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