✅ SOLVED Possible sash buckle?

[invent4hir]

All, dug this at a homestead that has been continuously inhabited since 1797. I believe it to be made of brass. Looking at the reverse side, the rounded piece bent at 2 o-clock and the long thinner piece below it attached at both ends reminds me of a buckle. Because the metal is too thin (1/32") for a belt buckle, I was thinking a sash buckle. Do you agree? If so, how old do you think it is? If it isn't a sash buckle, what do you think it is and its age?

 

[creskol]

Yup .. half of a Victorian era sash buckle .. Very nice!

 

[invent4hir]

Yup .. half of a Victorian era sash buckle .. Very nice!

Cresol, thanks for the ID & era!

 

[creskol]

Cresol, thanks for the ID & era!

It would have looked like this originally:

 

[invent4hir]

It would have looked like this originally:

Super photo! I'll mark as SOLVED

 

[Carolina Tom]

It would have looked like this originally:

You are something else Creskol. Nice ID.

Congrats OP.

 

[highnam]

It looks like it held a decorative piece in the middle...if you find the other half look for what ever was inserted.
cool find

 

[DownNDirty]

The amazing Creskol!

 

[invent4hir]

It looks like it held a decorative piece in the middle...if you find the other half look for what ever was inserted.
cool find

Highnam, I kinda thought the same thing, perhaps colored cut glass(?). The other half was no where to be found.