HEAVY BRASS BELT BUCKLE WATERBURY REPUBLICAN AMERICAN CLOCK TOWER HEADQUARTERS

Description: This heavy, vintage brass buckle is unused, old store stock. It commemorates the two newspapers in Waterbury, Connecticut, the Waterbury Republican and the Waterbury American, that merged into one newspaper, the Republican-American in 1990. The buckle features the names of the two newspapers in raised letters in different fonts, and a detailed rendition of the newspaper's headquarters, located in the city’s former Union Station built in 1909 for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. It was designed by the renowned architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White. The base of the building is made of Stony Creek pink granite; the herringbone ceilings that graced the vaulted waiting room are constructed with Guastavino tiles (also used in New York’s Grand Central Terminal and the adjacent Oyster Bar); and the station’s prominent clock tower, embellished with eight gargoyles, was modeled after the Torre del Mangia on the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena Italy. The tower’s bell was added in 1916. [Thank you to Wikipedia for the information on the building.]. The buckle is 3 1/4 inches wide by 2 1/8 inches high, and weighs 3.2 ounces. It will fit a belt that is up to 1 3/4 inches wide. This buckle is in excellent, unused condition. E-mail me with any questions. We provide free shipping and insurance. Be assured we carefully pack with bubble wrap in boxes and ship quickly. We ship every day except Sunday. Thank you for your interest. Please be sure to see our other items and look in our eBay store to find other buckles: In the "search my eBay store" box above this description on the left side, type in buckle to see what's available.

Price: 12 USD

Location: Tolland, Connecticut

End Time: 2025-01-12T19:24:17.000Z

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