Collection Highlights
The True Issue or "That's What's the Matter"
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.35
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Buckle
Object Number:
Z.3449
Date:
1775
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/8 in. ( 3.5 cm )
overall5: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
overall1: 1/4 x 1 3/8 in. ( 0.6 x 3.5 cm )
overall2: 1/
Description:
Hammered and pierced buckle or belt tip in pointed bracket form with inner outline of crest depicting eagle devouring a crane. Surface of crest is engraved with feather details and that of bracket has motto rendered in block letters: "EXITUS-IN DUBIO-EST-1775". Underside of piece has fastenings consisting of a partial hinge, located at right, and ring hook, located at left.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Provenance:
Piece may have been worn during the Revolutionary War by Capt. John Jordan of a Pennsylvania or Virginia Regiment. Jordan was also a charter member of the Society of the Cincinnati.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
