Set of five circular brass and enamel buttons, each feature a stylized blue enamel flower, loop on reverse for attachment.
brass (alloy)
BUTTON
Each has is stamped with a Chinese character hallmark. (Hallmark)
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
356
Unknown
China
5/8 in (1-5) (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.2410.1-5
For more information on the Codman estate see the entire issue of "Old Time New England" 71, no. 258 (1981).
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