Sash Pins & Buckles

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SASH
PINS and BUCKLES
circa 1900

Sash pins were worn most in the
late Victorian and Edwardian time periods, from the 1890’s through the
teens. This photo shows a lady wearing a buckle at her waist in the same
position a sash pin would be worn.

As fashions moved from the
heavier Victorian look, like this lovely lady with her bustle…

… and this lady wearing a
sash pin at her waist…

… to the lighter weight
Edwardian dresses with the "wasp-waist" emphasis like this…

…sash pins worn at the
waist became even more popular.

VICTORIAN cut steel belt disks and chains, 28-3/4" wearable size and the
widest disk is 1-1/2". It is "as is" with 2 brads missing and a bit of light
rust, but still easily wearable and lovely as well. Each stud has from 10-12
facets. Cut steel is polished steel hand faceted studs riveted to a steel
backing to create jewelry and ornaments, buttons and chatelaines. Popular
from the Georgian through the Victorian eras, cut steel jewelry in the warm
glow of candlelight must have been something to behold. Each stud could have
up to 15 facets, and in general the finer and older the piece, the more
facets the studs will have.

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DRAGONFLY and poppy
sash pin circa 1900. See Romero’s "Warman’s Jewelry, Ed. 3" page
111.
View #Q19163

SASH pin with
unfoiled lavender and pale yellow rhinestones, 2-1/4". Maker’s mark "GS"
(George Steere) on the back. There is a face at the bottom middle
of the brooch.
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SASH pin with a serpent curling around an amethyst-colored
rhinestone. It is 3" wide and has the older style c-clasp. VIEW
#i16557

GNS George STEERE Phoenix motif hidden locket brooch with fittings for one
photo. The topaz colored faceted rhinestone showsfrom behind the swirl of the bird’s
wings, circa 1910, 3" by 2-5/8". The locket is under the front motif and opens
on a hinge. Steere made jewelry in Rhode Island from about 1906-1911, and his
pieces have a mythical feel in their motifs. This is the first locket brooch I
have seen from this maker so I assume they are fairly rare.

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SCARAB buckle with faceted golden
stone and leaf design and matte gold tone textured background, 3" by
2-1/2". The insect center is raised above the buckle as thought it is
sitting on it and leafy background is his perfect habitat. View #Q62831

GNS (George Steere) gold tone
and yellow rhinestone locket, 2"
across. View
View #X32693

SASH gold tone sash brooch with
etched design and green multi-faceted rhinestone, 2".
View #Q28566

VICTORIAN dramatic sterling silver sash brooch with citrine-colored
beautifully faceted unfoiled glass center stone. The intricate designs with shell shapes
and scroll details around serve to further highlight it. Looking through that center unfoiled stone,
you can see the design shining through. If you look very carefully, you can
see one tiny silver brad head missing at the bottom of the frame, but
everything in this brooch is set very securely even without it. I have never
seen another piece like this.

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BELT and buckle in silver and
gold tone 4" by 3-1/4" buckle with creatures motif, clear rhinestones,
4" by 3-1/4" buckle sewn onto a magnificently embroidered
floral sash that is 25" by
3-1/3". This unusual buckle was cut from metals and then molded and
etched with designs, really lovely. View
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BUCKLE marked
"FN & Co" for Fishel
Nessler & Co, NY. It is a morning glory belt buckle in silver, 3-1/2".
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VICTORIAN sterling buckle set
with Persian turquoise, 2".
View #i5024

STERLING
buckle with scroll and ruffle design, 2-1/3".
View #i5025

VICTORIAN oval buckle set
with Persian turquoise, stamped "900", 2-1/2".
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View #i5023

VICTORIAN gold tone
metal sash brooch with buckle and bow motif, 2".
View #i3686

VICTORIAN antiqued gold tone
and blue rhinestone buckle, 3".
View #i6011

VICTORIAN gold tone sash brooch
with blue rhinestones, 3".
View #i8854

VICTORIAN silver tone metal sash brooch or buckle with a green striped
glass cabochon, circa 1900. While I would wear this as a brooch, these pins were
originally meant to be worn pinned at the waist on a fabric sash like a
buckle, 4-1/4" by 2". The motif is a bow with a double cascade of flowers and stylized
butterflies on each side.

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ART NOUVEAU silver buckle-style brooch
or sash pin with lady and flower, circa 1900,
2-3/4" by 1-1/2".
View #Q60407

VICTORIAN
belt buckle with cut steel buckle set on gold tone, 2-7/8".
View #V35045

BUCKLE
celluloid belt buckle foliate motif, 2-1/4".
View #i6010

SASH Nouveau
sash pin with oval purple rhinestone and water lily motif, 3".
View #i10514

SASH fleur de lis and tulip
belt buckle remade into sash pin, 3-5/8".
View #i14562

VICTORIAN buckle in antiques
gold and silver tone, long ago converted to a brooch, 3".
View #Y25957

SASH hammered
silver sash pin with blue cab, 2-1/3".
View #i24856

ART NOUVEAU
silver 2-1/4" floral brooch.
View #Q19411

ART NOUVEAU
silver lady face brooch, 2".
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#Q17486

KERR STERLING 3-3/4
inch 2-piece belt buckle with cupid’s faces…. what a
classic! VIEW
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BUCKLE in clear rhinestones, 3" circa 1900.
View #i14737

CUPID buckle,
heavy with glued-on marquis rhinestones, 4-1/2". This would be heavy
to actually wear, but is a great display piece!
View #Y20930

BUCKLE of clear rhinestones
set in gold tone circa 1900, 2-2/8".
View #i21856

CHERRIES PIN 2-1/4" silver cherries pin with the
older c-clasp pin back… terrific patina on this! SEE BACK
#i16119

SILVER belt buckle with what looks like the figure of
Moses and perhaps Peter repeated on each end, along with tiny faces worked into the
design. Hallmarked with both a lower-case letter "a" on the tongue, and the
profile of a helmeted warrior facing left on the back. It is 7" by 3".
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WEBB sterling 2-1/4" by 3" sash
pin engraved with the initials "LHS".
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SASH PIN in gold tone… leaves with an
unusual faux pearl center, 3-1/4". VIEW
#i13492

KIRSCHENBAUM
matte antiqued gold tone 6-1/2" belt buckle and 2-5/8" brooch.
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View #X23992

EAGLES SASH PIN leaves and eagles decorate this
3-1/8" oval in gold tone sash pin … now this *is* unusual! View
#i17160

SASH pin in the Art Nouveau style with faux seed pearls
and purple rhinestones, 3" wide with the older c-clasp fastener. VIEW
#i16461

CHERUB hand
painted painted cherub buckle, 2-1/2".
View #i26388

SASH pin with
topaz-colored rhinestone, 2-1/8" by 1-1/2".
View #i24758

SASH brooch with
purple unfoiled rhinestone set into an ornate silver tone floral and scroll
setting, 3-1/8″, circa 1915.
View #i26400

SILVER
hand made belt with partridge motif, 30" by 1-3/4", buckle 3-1/2".
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VICTORIAN
turquoise set in gold buckle, 2" by 4".
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VICTORIAN cut steel shoe buckles x 2, 2-1/4" by 1-1/2" circa 1870.
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VICTORIAN silver tone circa 1900 buckle with pressed detail made to look
like cut steel, 3-1/4".
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#i25836

VICTORIAN
CT sterling faux cut steel belt buckles, 3-1/3" by 1-3/4" total.
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VICTORIAN cut steel belt
buckle, 1-1/4".
View #V26459e

CZECH
pale pink Lalique-style buckle with clear rhinestones, 2-1/2" by 1-3/4".
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VICTORIAN cut
steel belt buckle, 2-1/4" by 2". View
#V26459d

VICTORIAN cut
steel shoe buckle marked "Made in France’, 2-1/2" by 1-3/4".
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View #V26459a

VICTORIAN cut steel clasp, 3" by 1-1/8". View
View #V26459c

VICTORIAN cut steel shoe buckle marked "Made in France", 2-1/2" by
1-3/4". View
#V26459b

VICTORIAN cut steel buckle, rectangular, 2-1/2" by 1-1/2".
View #Q28183

VICTORIAN cut steel buckle, tiny rectangle, 1-3/4" by 1". #Q28184

VICTORIAN cut steel buckle, unusual triangular, 3-3/4" by 2".
#Q28185

VICTORIAN cut steel shoe buckles, set of 2, France, 2-1/2" by 1-5/8"
each. View #Q28186

C&R BUCKLE silver
embossed buckle with green glass cabochon stones 2-1/3".
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BUCKLE of clear rhinestones in pot metal, circa 1930.
View #Q28286

BUCKLE CP embossed wild rose 2-piece buckle, 3-1/8" by 1-1/4".
View #Q28179

BUCKLE Czech marked black and clear rhinestone two-piece
buckle, 4-1/2" by 1-1/4".
View #Q28181

VICTORIAN cut steel buckle, 3" by 1-5/8".
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#Q28182

VICTORIAN sterling marked
slide belt buckle, 2-1/4" by 3/4".
View #V60200

EARLY gold tone
rectangular brooch, possibly remade from a buckle. Studded with red, green and
opalescent stones around an art glass center stone.
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View #Y21840

VICTORIAN cut steel butterfly belt buckle, 2-1/2".
This would have adorned the sash or belt in a beautiful way, delicately and with
style.
View #V33733

SASH Art Nouveau sash pin in a
buckle shape with marbled peach cabochons set in matte gold tone, 2-3/4" by
2". View #Q34522

VICTORIAN cut steel and
enamel butterfly belt buckle, as is, 3-1/2" by 2".
View #V61886

LADIES’ belt or sash buckles in florals, cut steel and sterling. "Steel
buckles, diamond cut, bright finish." A.C.
Becken Catalogue, 1902

ART NOUVEAU R&W sterling
silver belt with buckle depicting the faces and wings of five cherubs with
twined buds, branches and scrolls around the edge, a really lovely motif. It
is hallmarked on the top front of the buckle with "R&W" for the maker and
the hallmarks for Birmingham, England, sterling and the date letter for the
year 1917. The belt is 30" wearable size and can be worn smaller by the
width of each link, 1-1/3". The links are 1-1/3" wide, the buckle is 2-1/4"
by 2-1/8". View
View #V37358