Each button in this set is navette-shaped with a concave center, chamfered and fluted near the pointed ends. In the center of each is a gilded, raised design of a small flowering vine. The petals of the bloom are set with blister pearls around a central red paste stone. The leaves are dark green, with a gilded outline. Each button has a ring for attachment to the garment on the center back.
buttons (fasteners)
accessories
gilding
molding (forming)
jet (coal)
vulcanite
floral patterns
Notion
Fastener, Textile
Button
Rubber
Molded
Painted
Gilded
Floral
Button
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
0.625 x 0.375 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.5127
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