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BUCKLES & CLASPS

Now Available! by Elizabeth Hughes

PRICE $145 (+ $15 U.S. s/h)
606 pages with over 600 plates and
illustrations, this study traces the
history of belts, buckles, girdles and
clasps from Ancient Egypt through
post-WWII to the present, not only
in examples that qualify as jewelry
in gold, silver, enamel and precious
stones, but also with the more afford-
able versions in base metals and
paste for the less affluent. All entries
are dated, and beginning with the
18th century, classified by materials
and subject matter.
The BIG BOOK Two volumes, with

over 1100 pages.
of BUTTONS More than 200 new
plates & illustrations
2nd Edition have been added
to this already
by Elizabeth Hughes encyclopedic work.
2-VOLUME SET PRICE $375 (+ $18 U.S. s/h).

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