A beautifully attractive, fairly large sized antique steel buckle. Cut steel jewelry was the height of fashion during the Georgian era and held on to its popularity right into the Victorian age. Its popularity was mainly due to how such pieces gleamed like silver and sparkled like diamonds in the candlelight.
Circa 1830, the buckle is constructed in two pieces with a gently curved profile and it is composed in a "giardinetti" (garden) design depicting a stylised amphora holding 3 blooms. There are 12 facets to the steel beads which, were known as mushrooms. The mushrooms are riveted onto the back plate which shows an earlier age, late Victorian ones weren't as good quality and didn't have as many facets cut into the beads.
The buckle is in very very good condition with no missing beads, a little age related patina, as you would expect, but no rust or corrosion. It measures 2-3/4" by 2" (70x50mm) and is stamped "Made in France" on the back. Weight 23 grams. Fabulous buckle and would make a spectacular bracelet or even choker with the addition of a velvet ribbon!
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