belt? horse? pants? buckle..

[ohiowhiteguy]

found these buckles last week.one came from an old 1850 farm house the other came from a cw. camp...
now the question of the day....are they from 1800's ? or more modern?HH
OWG...

 

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[BuckleBoy]

The first one I feel is horse tack...the one with the anchor mark I'm not sure. By the way, there is a section for identifying relics ("What is it?").

Best Wishes for a productive 2013,

Buck

 

[CRUSADER]

They all look horse tack, I feel they may not be much older than 1890s.

 

[ohiowhiteguy]

the first one looks to be copper..the second one with the anchor is metal (magnetic)..
thanks for looking...they will go in the good stuff display..HH..
OWG>>>

 

[nhbenz]

The first one appears to be marked "KNOTHE". If this is correct I believe it would have been made by Knothe Brothers, the earliest reference of which I could find being 1887, and is still in business today (now as a conglomerate of various manufacturers). I think it was all people clothes, rather than horse clothes, but I can always be wrong.

 

[CRUSADER]

The first one appears to be marked "KNOTHE". If this is correct I believe it would have been made by Knothe Brothers, the earliest reference of which I could find being 1887, and is still in business today (now as a conglomerate of various manufacturers). I think it was all people clothes, rather than horse clothes, but I can always be wrong.

Yes, it could be as it doesn't have an off-set bar, but not all horse buckles do, so I guess its either/or

 

[oldsalty19]

 

[skeeterd]

The anchor mark is from the North and Judd Manufacturing Company.