Objekt 2
Pair of shoe buckles, in leather case
Description
These silver shoe buckles set with rhinestones came from the property of Johann Jakob Burckhardt-Ryhiner (1809-1888), mayor of Basel. The shape of the shoe buckles suggests that they were more likely worn by a woman.
Object description
France, mid 18th c.
Silver, partly gilded; glass (rhinestones); leather (case)
Gift Hans A. Burckhardt, Basel
Inv. 1961.213.