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Copper alloy button.
Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1694188
Possible waistcoat button.
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Copper alloy ring or frame for a Singleton button, small.
Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1694191
Probably for a shirt button. Copper alloy frame would have been covered in and supported thread.
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Broken, copper alloy button.
Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1694194
Small utilitarian button.
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Broken, modern button with ship's anchor.
Synthetic/Modern | Object #: 1694199
Four-holed, black rubber button.
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Copper alloy button with iron back.
Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1694205
Button face appears to be crimped onto iron back; single hole in the center of the button with iron bar running across.
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Modern button.
Synthetic/Modern | Object #: 1694209
Interior ring of possible painted or coated copper alloy inset into exterior circular plastic ring.
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Silver-alloy plated copper alloy button face with stamped floral and geometric design.
Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1785147
This is the metal face, or front portion, of a two piece button. In this style of button, a disk of lathed bone with a beveled edge often served as a button back. The face of the button was commonly fashioned from a sheet of thin metal, usually a variety of copper alloy, which would be crimped ...
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Amethyst glass sleeve button inlay with molded scalloped clam shell shape.
Glass | Object #: 1785932
This is a decorative glass inset which originally was set into the metal backing of a linked, or sleeve, button. Such insets are referred to as “pastes,” and could be colored, cut, or molded, and would have been set into metal backings. This example is an amethyst colored glass, which has been ...
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Pair of cast copper alloy sleeve buttons with link.
Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1785993
This is a complete linked button, often referred to as a sleeve button. This example is made of cast copper alloy disks joined by a single link. Decoration could be formed through the casting process, or through engraving. In this example, the decorative elements consist of six large dots arran...
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Colorless lead glass sleeve button inlay with molded coral branch design
Glass | Object #: 1787142
This is a decorative glass inset which originally was set into the metal backing of a linked, or sleeve, button. Such insets are referred to as “pastes,” and could be colored, cut, or molded, and would have been set into metal backings. This example is a molded, colorless, leaded glass. The dec...
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Colorless glass sleeve button inlay with molded 8-pointed star design
Glass | Object #: 1787157
This is a decorative glass inset which originally was set into the metal backing of a linked, or sleeve, button. Such insets are referred to as “pastes,” and could be colored, cut, or molded, and would have been set into metal backings. This example is a molded, colorless, leaded glass. The dec...
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Colorless glass sleeve button inlay with molded house, 2 trees, fence, and path.
Glass | Object #: 1787164
This is a decorative glass inset which originally was set into the metal backing of a linked, or sleeve, button. Such insets are referred to as “pastes,” and could be colored, cut, or molded, and would have been set into metal backings. This example is a molded, colorless, leaded glass. The dec...
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Faceted colorless glass inset sleeve button.
Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1787193
Catalogued from drawing.
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Bone back to waist coat button with wire eye.
Bone | Object #: 1787213
Bone button molds were disks cut from animal bone, often identifiable by the presence of a single central hole created by a cutting tool during production. The bone disk often served as the back of a two part button. In this button form, the face of the button was commonly comprised of a stampe...
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Bone back to waist coat button with wire eye.
Bone | Object #: 1787433
Bone button molds were disks cut from animal bone, often identifiable by the presence of a single central hole created by a cutting tool during production. The bone disk often served as the back of a two part button. In this button form, the face of the button was commonly comprised of a stampe...
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Bone back to coat button with wire eye.
Bone | Object #: 1787434
Bone button molds were disks cut from animal bone, often identifiable by the presence of a single central hole created by a cutting tool during production. The bone disk often served as the back of a two part button. In this button form, the face of the button was commonly comprised of a stampe...
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Bone button back with carved sunburst design
Bone | Object #: 1787606
Bone button molds were disks cut from animal bone, often identifiable by the presence of a single central hole created by a cutting tool during production. The bone disk often served as the back of a two part button. In this button form, the face of the button was commonly comprised of a stampe...
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