Old buckle id and preservation help

[Pdr206]

What is it? Age?

 

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[Wormslayer]

Nice find! There's a good free online book here that will help you age and identify it yourself http://www.reenactor.ru/ARH/PDF/Whitehead.pdf

I would only clean it with a small dry brush. The patina looks like it may come off if it gets wet.

 

[nhbenz]

Yeah, looks like a colonial shoe buckle, missing the fangs. Essentially like the reproduction in the middle of this page: http://www.scarletscarab.com/buckles2.htm their part # bws2c

-corrected link

 

[Pdr206]

Thank you for the info!!!

 

[Pdr206]

Nhbenz, all i see is jewelry. Wrong link?

 

[nhbenz]

Yes, whoops : The Scarlet Scarab -- Temptations & Delights of the Past

 

[Pdr206]

Thanks! How do i preserve this

 

[gunsil]

Thanks! How do i preserve this

It's brass, so you don't need to do anything to preserve it. Just keeping it in a dry place it will not further deteriorate, it will stay the same pretty much forever.