Shoe Buckle Owned and Worn by George Washington. Silver setting with engraved inner gold borders, enriched with French paste brilliants, one of which is missing. Octagonal in shape. In 8¾ x 7¾" frame with plaque: "George Washington Dress Shoe Buckle / worn during Presidency and after at Mount Vernon."
Accompanied by a 1934 letter from James E. Barney of New York to Charles W. Lyon explaining that his wife's grandmother, Mrs. La Montagne, received the buckle from her grandmother, née Millissent Fowler Washington, who received it from her father, William Temple Washington, who was the son of George Steptoe Washington, husband of Lucy Payne, who was Dolly Madison's sister. Col. Samuel Washington, father of George Steptoe Washington, was the only full-blood brother of George Washington. The buckle sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, Oct. 25, 1960, lot 247.
Estimated Value $15,000 - 25,000.
The Claude Harkins Collection of Washingtonia
