Buckle (one of a pair) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 32.1959.A
People: Samuel Drowne II, American (Portsmouth, NH 1749 - 1815 Portsmouth, NH)
Title: Buckle (one of a pair)
Classification: Jewelry
Work Type: jewelry
Date: 18th-19th century
Places: Creation Place: North America, United States, New Hampshire, Portsmouth
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/232433

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 6.7 x 5.4 cm (2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Langdon family

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from Harvard University; Gift of Miss Anne C. Langdon, 1959
Object Number: 32.1959.A
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

The Decorative Arts of New Hampshire, 1725-1825, exh. cat., Currier Museum of Art (Manchester, NH, 1964), p. 23, fig. 119
Linda Ayres, Harvard Divided, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1976), p. 96, cat. 48, ill.
Charles S. Parsons, New Hampshire Silver, Adams Brown Company (NH, 1983), p. 30 (with ill.)

Exhibition History

The Decorative Arts of New Hampshire, 1700-1825, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, 07/01/1964 - 09/06/1964
Harvard Divided, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/03/1976 - 10/10/1976

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32.1959.A: Buckle (one of a pair)