Skip to main content
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Belt buckle
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Belt buckle

Manufacturer Liberty and Company
CultureEnglish
Date1900-1901
MediumSilver | Enamel
DimensionsOverall: 2 x 3 in. (5.1 x 7.6 cm)
InscribedStamped on left half of buckle: L & Co., anchor, lion and a for year, CYMRIC (name of the line of jewelry)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number83.494
Not on view
DescriptionLadies' belt buckle in two pieces in the form of a stylized butterfly. Decorated in green, gold and red enamel.

Published ReferencesMalcolm Haslam. _Marks and Monograms of the Modern Movement 1875-1930_. New York: Scribner's, 1977, p. 118 for marks.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
ca. 1925
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
20th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
ca. 1861-1865
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
ca. 1930
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Georg Jensen
ca. 1930
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Georg Jensen
ca. 1930
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Georg Jensen
ca. 1930
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
ca. 1890
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
ca. 1925
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
ca. 1925