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shoe buckles

Matching pair of round, scalloped-edge ornaments in white metal, each set with a ring of faceted paste/glass stones with residual blue foil backing, surrounding a central raised faceted star boss. The reverse of each piece is a plain openwork scalloped disc fitted with a single wire loop shank, stamped « DEPOSE » and « [?]ARIS » (likely « PARIS »), indicating French manufacture/design registration.

The single-shank reverse fitting suggests these functioned as sew-on shoe clips, dress ornaments, or decorative buttons rather than true two-part buckles; the « DEPOSE » mark (French for « registered/patented ») was commonly used by French costume jewelry and fashion-accessory makers in the late 19th/early 20th century.