A RARE GOLD PATENT BUCKLE

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A RARE GOLD PATENT BUCKLE
MAKER'S MARK OF W. BOHM, SAN FRANCISCO, CIRCA 1861

Shaped rectangular with scalloped openwork border, each end chased with panels of foliate scrolls and flowerheads on a matted ground enclosing, at the top, the American eagle and shield, and below the Californian bear holding a star, the side panels chased with Civil War soldiers in a landscape, marked--2 1/2in. long
(10 dwt.)