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Colonial-era pair of jeweled shoe buckles personally-owned and -worn by George Washington, both 2.75˝ x 1.75˝ x 1˝, composed of steel and sterling silver with borders lined with baguette rhinestones and diamond-shaped gems. The buckles are housed in a silk-lined box, 4.75˝ x 3.5˝ x 2 ˝, with the upper lid bearing an affixed label from a merchant from Westminster, London, England. The underside of the box bears an affixed label marked “00.160.1.”
Includes a copy of a Dewitt inventory sheet dated October 1962, which references these buckles as item “MGM-170,” and states that they derive ‘From a descendant of Martha Washington's grandson, George Washington Parke Custis. See Annual Report of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union, 1959, pg. 34.’ In very good to fine condition, with one buckle missing three baguettes, and the other missing nineteen. A rare and unique artifact from the personal collection of General George Washington.
