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Cuff button

Collection Type

  • Jewelry

Date

1860-1880

GUSN

GUSN-23969

Description

Large circular button or shirt stud made of gold-colored metal embellished with chromolithograph decoupage of horse's head. Coated in clear varnish. Single stem with disc toggle attachment. Once part of a pair.

Details

Descriptive Terms

studs (buttons)
accessories
fasteners
gold alloy
varnish by function
paper (fiber product)
chromolithographs
horse (animal)
Link, Cuff
Brass
Unidentified Paper
Glass
Horsehead
Link, Cuff

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

0.375 (W), 1.25 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.4922

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