Dress sword belt with buckle and keeper

Object/Artifact

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Dress sword belt with buckle and keeper

Entry/Object ID

1167

Description

Dress sword belt with (gold washed?) buckle and keeper. Belt is leather covered with fabric with five gold stripes. Buckle is round and bright gold in color with an eagle clutching an anchor. The outer ring of the buckle is a wreath. Attached to the inside of the belt are two additional pieces of leather with brass keepers holding a fabric strap. One strap has a brass tear-drop shaped clip attached to a small leather strap. The other has a small brass buckle also with a small leather strap attached

Acquisition

Accession

398

Source or Donor

Rissler, Patricia and Rogers, James A.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Notes

Date: 1850 circa

Material

Leather, Fabric, Brass