Pair of American Officer's Silver Shoulder Straps

Description:

Pair of American Officer's Silver Shoulder Straps, c. 1780, with fine woven silver shoulder straps with remnants of six-pointed stars bordered by silver twist and sequins, crescent shoulder decoration with rosettes and bullion fringe below, the back lined in white linen with traces of blue cloth and period inked price inscriptions, lg. 8 3/4.
Estimate $800-1,200

Silver sequin star decoration mostly missing as is a wave decoration above, silver is tarnished, blue cloth backing signifcantly degraded.


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