Very cool brass buckle. Surface find!

[IowaRelic]

Can you tell me the age and application of this buckle?

 

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[ANTIQUARIAN]

I typically call these 'Shield Buckles', even though they're not an actual 'shield buckle', but I put them in the same family or group.
The example you found looks to take a 1.5" leather strap, so it's larger then the usual examples I find here in Ontario.

Likely horse harness related, dating to the late 19thc.

Nice find,
Dave

 

[CRUSADER]

I typically call these 'Shield Buckles', even though they're not an actual 'shield buckle', but I put them in the same family or group.
The example you found looks to take a 1.5" leather strap, so it's larger then the usual examples I find here in Ontario.

Likely horse harness related, dating to the late 19thc.

Nice find,
Dave

Agreed mid-19th C horse harness buckle. The clue is the off-set bar.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Agreed mid-19th C horse harness buckle. The clue is the off-set bar.

Here's an interesting actual 'Shield Buckle' I found last fall.
Dave

 

[Hawks88]

Congrats on the buckle find. Good eye.