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SAMUEL FREEMAN HERSEY
owned by SAMUEL FREEMAN HERSEY, Maine delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention nominating ABRAHAM LICOLN president
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AMERICAN PROVENANCE Georgian Shoe Buckles in Original Box
owned by delegate to the 1860 convention that nominated ABRAHAM LINCOLN president
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Hand-faceted oval "old mine cut" paste ("Strass Glass") gems
made of special glass with a high index of refraction, to resemble diamonds
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Rose Gold border within the oval of gems
Gold surface delicately patterned with swags and wriggle-work
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3" x 2" calling card of Mrs. Sherman Finch
(Provenance is hand-written on the reverse)
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Blued Steel
(reverse of buckle mechanism, detail)
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Verso -- gems set closed-back in unmarked silver
...absence of hallmarks suggests a local American maker, in the Colonial - Federal period, before metal marks were required
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Original domed fitted case is a rare survival
measures 5-1/4" x 2-7/8" x 1-1/3" high
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Detail
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