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Button

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1885-1914

GUSN

GUSN-72658

Description

Ivory; circular, flat dish, loop shank

Details

Descriptive Terms

buttons (fasteners)
accessories
brass (alloy)
mother of pearl
Mother-of-Pearl
Brass
BUTTON

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

0.375 (H), 0.5 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.3739.2

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