Old decorative clip?

[Lord Verdigris]

Dug this at 4" at a old house yard that had some good older finds and have no idea what it is. At first I thought jewelry but then noticed it looks like a slot and clips for something on the back. It was broken when I found it and the two pieces were fairly close to one another. Each square is about the size of a quarter. Any ideas what it is and how old?

 

[nhbenz]

Victorian shoe buckle clips?

 

[Lord Verdigris]

Victorian shoe buckle clips?

The two squares were joined once by the wire but broke apart. The two together would be the size of maybe one shoe buckle clip. Great guess, I would have never came close to that!