George Christopher Dowig
Shoe Buckle
1774-1784
Physical Qualities
Silver, 2 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 1 in. (5.4 × 6.4 × 2.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.15a
George Christopher Dowig worked in Philadelphia from 1745 to 1773 before coming to Baltimore, where he was in business until about 1795. Shoe buckles, such as these, rarely survive. With changing fashions, they became obsolete and were often melted down.
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Virginia Purviance Bonsal White (1869-1955), Baltimore, MD
Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds. "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975. p. 44, ill.
Markings: stamped: GD scratched on underside: xxxxx
Maker
George Christopher Dowig
1723–1806
American, 1724-1807; working Philadelphia,1745-1773; working Baltimore, 1773-c. 1795
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