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| Silver Shoe Buckles Set with Pastes Circa 1770 The Victoria & Albert Museum |
Dame Joan Evans didn’t just collect necklaces, earrings, tiaras and bracelets. Oh, no… She collected some shoe buckles as well. From Dam Joan’s collection, we have these shoe buckles of blue and white pastes set in silver. The rounded buckles are decorated with a ribbon of white pastes which is interrupted by larger pastes.
Gold or silver shoe buckles were in fashion during the bulk of the Eighteenth Century (falling out of vogue by the 1790s), adding a bit of an elegant touch to the bottommost part of an outfit. These glittering buckles were worn by men and women alike. Pastes were usually use in place of real gems on shoe buckles for the obvious reasons.
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