Metal cuff button embossed with three vertical columns on front. Each column bears one of the following inscriptions: "EFFICACY, UNIFORMITY, PURITY." A fourth, "RELIABILITY, " is arranged above the columns, horizontally; white metal w/ hexagonal shape.
fragments
white metal
stamping (forming)
Notion
Fastener, Textile
Button
Unidentified Metal
Embossed
Button
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
0.625 x 0.625 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.4868
1920 (date of trademark patent)
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