Antique paste shoe buckles any info please

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  1. dazzjohn

    dazzjohn New Member

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  2. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    Hello and welcome to the board.

    All I can say is they sure do sparkle.
    Can't help.
    Not sure what info you want.
     
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  3. Debora

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  4. johnnycb09

    johnnycb09 Well-Known Member

    Does that mark in the 2nd pic down say made in France ? Can you get closer pics of that? is that another mark of some sort next to it? Possibly a Minerva head?
     
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  5. dazzjohn

    dazzjohn New Member

    Hello, thanks for the advice and comments, just wanted to find out more about the age of the buckles and maybe if they were worth anything this is the closest i can get to the marking
     

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  6. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    As I'm sure you saw, the pair in The Met is dated to 1915-1925. They are not marked "France" as your pair is. Typically, similar buckles are described as Art Deco, of French manufacture and dating to the 1920s. An internet search of sale sites will bring up comparable pairs and either asking prices or sales prices or both.

    Debora
     
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  7. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    Hi and WELCOME, @dazzjohn!! Well, if they were Elton John's, those surely would be REAL diamonds!!!!! They're pretty neat looking but sorry, I can't really help..:sorry:

    Edit: Found a couple of pair (1made in France) on ebay:

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Vic...331331?hash=item3622fe6503:g:KTMAAOSwbihZyXdH

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Vintage-Victorian-Edwardian-Georgian-Clear-Rhinestone-Shoe-Buckles-/291742904564?hash=item43ed3b70f4:g:lOQAAOSw8XBZp2tk

    There are also a LOT of very LOW priced ones!!!!!
     
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  8. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    eBay Sold listing might give a better idea of value (at least on eBay.)

    Debora
     
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  9. LIbraryLady

    LIbraryLady Well-Known Member

    How did they attach?
     
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  10. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    @Debora, you're absolutely right.....I just never remember to look there!!!!:joyful::joyful::joyful:
     
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  11. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    Early shoe buckles (17,18,19th centuries) had a catch system.
    Those 20th were sewn on the shoe, as they were evening/ball wearing the shoes were velvet or satin :)
     
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  12. LIbraryLady

    LIbraryLady Well-Known Member

    Thank you, kyratango. I had assumed women changed them regularly, like earrings. I never considered sewn on.
     
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  13. dazzjohn

    dazzjohn New Member

    Hello, Thank you all for your comments and information, i'm still none the wiser lol Left it up to gumtree Thanks
     
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  14. lloyd249

    lloyd249 it's not hoarding if it's valuable

    I have seen some old pairs with the catch system that Kyra speaks about on antiques roadshow .org. you might want to check the archives.
     
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  15. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    how can you be none the wiser after the info received here....
     
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  16. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    :rolleyes::confused:???
     
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