Buckle (one of a pair)
Thomas Stevens Eayres, American, 1760 - 1814
late 18th century
Silver
Overall: 3 × 2 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (7.6 × 7 × 3.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Louise C. and Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924
M.969.80
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Clothing: Footwear
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
Marked at inner edge of end: TE [pellet between, with sharp serifs in rectangle]
Course History
HIST 9.1, Empires and Colonies in North America, Paul Musselwhite, Fall 2014
First Year Student Enrichment Program, Francine A'Ness, Summer 2021
Exhibition History
Colonial Days, Brick Store Museum, Kennebunkport, Maine, July 30-August 3, 1963.
Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 16-June 2, 1978.
Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 30-June 21, 1979.
Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 28, 1981-June 7, 1982.
Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 1-30, 1964.
Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 13-August 15, 1976.
New England Silver at Dartmouth College: A Tribute to Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 3-August 20, 1989, no. 30.
Paul Revere Exhibition, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, September 14-October 24, 1965.
Publication History
Barbara J. MacAdam, New England Silver at Dartmouth College: A Tribute to Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1989, no. 30.
Kathryn C. Buhler, Massachusetts Silver in the Frank L. and Louise C. Harrington Collection, Worcester, Massachusetts: Barre Publishers, 1965, p. 117-120, ill. p. 119.
Paul Revere Exhibition, Worcester Art: 1965.
Provenance
Philip Haas Hammerslough (1894-1978); sold to Frank L. Harrington, Sr. (1902-1988) and Louise Cronin Harrington (1904-2000), Worcester, Massachusetts, November 18, 1960; given to present collection, 1969.
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