Don in SJ
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Robfinds posted on Today's Finds a nice Stock Buckle he found on his last hunt and I then researched my photo files since I knew I found one or two in the past.
I did rephotograph them this morning and also got out the book Collector's Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Revolution by Neumann & Kravic and sure enough both styles are listed in the book as Stock Buckles.
My What is it is, how and on what were "stock" buckles used on? I get the impression they cinched down leather straps on perhaps chests or things like that; but, that might hold true for the 4 posted one I have but the 2 posted type with the 3 prongs seems much more fragile.
I am assuming the age of these two artifacts are mid 1700s, perhaps a tad later, and not military in nature.
Don
Update on one: On a website that lists Spanish Colonial artifacts is a silver stock buckle very similar to mine and it is said to be a female part of a NECK stock Hasp. Cool and age 1760-1780. So perhaps the top buckle in my photos fits that one rather well, not sure if Spanish or English, since I also do not remember where either of the buckles were found, to have any association of other artifacts found with the buckles.
http://www.artifacts.org/Bucklepage.htm
I did rephotograph them this morning and also got out the book Collector's Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Revolution by Neumann & Kravic and sure enough both styles are listed in the book as Stock Buckles.
My What is it is, how and on what were "stock" buckles used on? I get the impression they cinched down leather straps on perhaps chests or things like that; but, that might hold true for the 4 posted one I have but the 2 posted type with the 3 prongs seems much more fragile.
I am assuming the age of these two artifacts are mid 1700s, perhaps a tad later, and not military in nature.
Don
Update on one: On a website that lists Spanish Colonial artifacts is a silver stock buckle very similar to mine and it is said to be a female part of a NECK stock Hasp. Cool and age 1760-1780. So perhaps the top buckle in my photos fits that one rather well, not sure if Spanish or English, since I also do not remember where either of the buckles were found, to have any association of other artifacts found with the buckles.
http://www.artifacts.org/Bucklepage.htm
