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Button
1760-1800
Category
Metals
Materials
- Silver
Museum Object Number
1958.0102.008
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Complete Details
Object Number
1958.0102.008
Object Name
Button
Category
Metals
Date
1760-1800
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Tied to button
Inscription: Yellowed white, rectangular paper label with "Silver Buttons worn / by Thomas Willing Esqre, Presd\t / of 1\st/ Bank, UStates[sic] + Member / of Congress for Philad\a/ in 1776." handwritten in script in black ink
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- John Fanning Watson
Materials
- Silver
Techniques
- Molded
- Engraved
Dimensions (inches)
0.394 (H) x 1.063 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
1 (H) x 2.7 (Diam)
Measurement Notes
Connected to another button and label so weight would not be accurate. (L. Clouser, cataloguer, 05/09/2011)