fbpx

Button

Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.

Search Collections

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1840-1860

GUSN

GUSN-18416

Description

Brass button, pressed decoration, palm tree and inscription.

Details

Descriptive Terms

buttons (fasteners)
accessories
brass (alloy)
palm leaf
Brass
Tree
BUTTON

Inscription

Pressed on front: ""Animis Opiruscus Farati S C"" Pressed on back: ""Manchester HT & B""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

0.875 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.452

Reparative Language in Collections Records

Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].