Pair Victorian Japanned Diamante Bow Shoe best Slide Buckles Ornaments

Victorian Vintage Jappaned Diamante Bow Shoe Slide Belt Buckles Ornaments - Pair

These lovely bow motif slide buckles date to the Victorian period. Mountings are jappaned with a flat satin (almost gunmetal tone) finish. The Victorians used symbols to express sentiment, as it was considered a bad form to emote. The bow is a symbol of eternal love. These would have been given as a token of affection to express the sentiment from the gift-giver.

Approximately 1 1/8 inches by 1 best 1/8" inches. The opening for the ribbon is best suited to a maximum of 5/8" width, depending on the weave of the fabric/ribbon.

Designed to slide onto fabric shoe ribbon, mourning ribbon, hat ribbon, sash, or belt.
Per FTC Guidelines, all photos are not to scale and may be enlarged to show details

A japanned finish in jewelry is one in which the metal is coated in a shiny black or very dark gray coating, and often this finish has a lustrous, black lacquer over the top of it.
The technique originated in Japan, India, and China. Many pieces from the Victorian era use this technique when mourning jewelry was very popular as Queen Victoria went into mourning after Prince Albert's death.


Love it ♡
Get it ☆
Get Lucky.