Title: Shoe Buckle
Object type: Buckle
Date: 1770–1800
Culture: American
Artist:  Joseph Richardson Jr. 
Artist bio: 1752–1831
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Silver, steel
Dimensions: 2 1/2 x 1 7/8 in. (6.4 x 4.8 cm)
Credit line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
Geography: Made in Philadelphia Pennsylvania  United States Mid-Atlantic     
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY