ABRAHAM LINCOLN DELEGATE provenance

FINE PAIR of Georgian Paste Shoe Buckles
Circa : 1800 - 1830
in original fitted case,

With note of provenance citing ownership by

SAMUEL FREEMAN HERSEY(1812-1875), Maine delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention nominating ABRAHAM LINCOLN for president, (and Maine’s Senator Hannibal Hamlin for vice president)

Accompanied by card of
“Mrs. Sherman Finch, Four hundred and sixty-seven Portland Avenue...Fridays”
with ink inscription :

“Paste Buckles
Samuel F. Hersey
Date 1830”


Size : each buckle approx. 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"

Size : case approx. 5 1/2" x 3" x 1 1/4"

# 03048 .......................................... $ 1,800.