Buckle
ca. 1810 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Object Type
The buckle has a single hook on the back, so it may have been one of a pair that joined together. If so, it was probably made as a fastening for a woman's belt.
Time
The pointed oval shape of the Jasper medallion was fashionable from about 1780. Belts with wide, heavy fastenings were not worn by women in late-18th-century Britain. However, they appear in portraits of women in court dress painted around 1810, where they are shown worn high under the bust.
Trading
The Staffordshire potter Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) sold small quantities of Jasper medallions with steel mounts in his London showrooms, but the majority were mounted and sold by others.
Materials & Making
Steel was relatively inexpensive, but the labour-intensive facetting on the best cut-steel work made it costly. The cut-steel mounts on Wedgwood's Jasper are often attributed to the great Birmingham industrialist Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), a friend and rival of Wedgwood's. However, Wedgwood also supplied Jasper for mounting to other firms, including Green & Vale of Birmingham and Vernon & Hasselwood of Wolverhampton. Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Woodstock were the chief centres for cut-steel.
The buckle has a single hook on the back, so it may have been one of a pair that joined together. If so, it was probably made as a fastening for a woman's belt.
Time
The pointed oval shape of the Jasper medallion was fashionable from about 1780. Belts with wide, heavy fastenings were not worn by women in late-18th-century Britain. However, they appear in portraits of women in court dress painted around 1810, where they are shown worn high under the bust.
Trading
The Staffordshire potter Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) sold small quantities of Jasper medallions with steel mounts in his London showrooms, but the majority were mounted and sold by others.
Materials & Making
Steel was relatively inexpensive, but the labour-intensive facetting on the best cut-steel work made it costly. The cut-steel mounts on Wedgwood's Jasper are often attributed to the great Birmingham industrialist Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), a friend and rival of Wedgwood's. However, Wedgwood also supplied Jasper for mounting to other firms, including Green & Vale of Birmingham and Vernon & Hasselwood of Wolverhampton. Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Woodstock were the chief centres for cut-steel.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Cut steel and Jasperware |
| Dimensions |
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| Gallery label | British Galleries:
This buckle is probably one half of the fastening of a woman's belt. The Jasper ware figure in relief represents Prudence.(27/03/2003) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Captain H. B. Murray |
| Object history | Steel probably made in Birmingham; Jasper made at Josiah Wedgwood's factory, Etruria, Staffordshire. |
| Production | Jasperware made at Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd. in Etruria, steel from Birmingham |
| Summary | Object Type The buckle has a single hook on the back, so it may have been one of a pair that joined together. If so, it was probably made as a fastening for a woman's belt. Time The pointed oval shape of the Jasper medallion was fashionable from about 1780. Belts with wide, heavy fastenings were not worn by women in late-18th-century Britain. However, they appear in portraits of women in court dress painted around 1810, where they are shown worn high under the bust. Trading The Staffordshire potter Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) sold small quantities of Jasper medallions with steel mounts in his London showrooms, but the majority were mounted and sold by others. Materials & Making Steel was relatively inexpensive, but the labour-intensive facetting on the best cut-steel work made it costly. The cut-steel mounts on Wedgwood's Jasper are often attributed to the great Birmingham industrialist Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), a friend and rival of Wedgwood's. However, Wedgwood also supplied Jasper for mounting to other firms, including Green & Vale of Birmingham and Vernon & Hasselwood of Wolverhampton. Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Woodstock were the chief centres for cut-steel. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.2606-1910 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2003 |
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