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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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Gilt waist coat button with basketweave design and a bone back.
Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1787872
This a two piece button with gilt and basketweave decoration. In this style of button, a disk of lathed bone with a beveled edge often served as a button back. In the earliest examples of this style from the mid-eighteenth century such as this example, four eye holes were drilled into the bone ...
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Flat disc tombac waist coat button with iron shank.
Tombac | Object #: 1787900
This is a one piece metal button, which archaeologists often refer to as “flat disc” buttons. One piece buttons were often made of copper alloys. This particular example is cast tombac as denoted by the “grey” coloration seen below the corrosion on the button face. Tombac is an alloy of copper ...
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Flat disc waist coat button with iron shank.
Tombac | Object #: 1788229
This is a one piece metal button, which archaeologists often refer to as “flat disc” buttons. One piece buttons were often made of copper alloys. The shank of this button was a length of iron wire which was inserted into the mold as the button was cast. Once solidified, the casting lines and ex...
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Unidentifiable copper alloy button
Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1788231
This is the metal back of a two piece button. In this style of button, the face, or cover, of the button was commonly fashioned from a sheet of thin metal, usually a variety of copper alloy. Backings for these buttons provided both strength and a method of attaching the button to clothing, eith...
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Copper alloy 2-piece button back.
Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1788235
This is the metal back of a two piece button. In this style of button, the face, or cover, of the button was commonly fashioned from a sheet of thin metal, usually a variety of copper alloy. Backings for these buttons provided both strength and a method of attaching the button to clothing, eith...
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2-piece button with wooden back
Wood | Object #: 1788309
This is the hardwood back of a two piece button. In this style of button, the face, or cover, of the button was commonly fashioned from a sheet of thin metal, usually a variety of copper alloy. Backings for these buttons provided both strength and a method of attaching the button to clothing, e...
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Coat button with Sheffield plate silver face.
Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1788365
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, cut into the approximat...
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2-piece "Death Head" button face with silver/tin plating.
Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1788584
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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Cast domed pewter waist coat button with "H" and "P" touch mark
Pewter | Object #: 1789039
This is a one piece cast pewter button with a domed face. Pewter was an alloy used throughout the eighteenth century, and was comprised of tin and either copper, antimony, or lead. The low melting point of pewter meant that it was easy to cast in molds. Evidence of the casting process can be se...
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Carved bone coat button back with beveled edge and one eye.
Bone | Object #: 1789040
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 core to either a cloth covered or a two part metal button. In cloth covered buttons, the bone mold served as ...
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Carved bone coat button back with beveled edge and one eye.
Bone | Object #: 1789047
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 core to either a cloth covered or a two part metal button. In cloth covered buttons, the bone mold served as ...
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Carved bone coat button back with beveled edge and one eye.
Bone | Object #: 1789049
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 core to either a cloth covered or a two part metal button. In cloth covered buttons, the bone mold served as ...
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Carved bone button back with beveled edge and one eye.
Bone | Object #: 1789052
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 core to either a cloth covered or a two part metal button. In cloth covered buttons, the bone mold served as ...
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Copper alloy two-piece domed waist coat button face and shank.
Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1789053
This is a shattered 2-piece copper alloy button. After conservation, the button shattered into approximately ten fragments and therefore no measurements other than weight was recorded. Notes from prior to conservation indicate the original measurements were as follows: the height of the dome wa...
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Gilded and stamped copper alloy waist coat button with bone back
Copper/Copper Alloy | Object #: 1789382
Heavily corroded and fragmented. Missing its shank. Note on tag says "cannot withstand treatment". Measurements taken from largest metal frag.
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Unidentifiable iron button with shank
Iron | Object #: 1789384
This is the metal back of a two piece button. In this style of button, the face, or cover, of the button was commonly fashioned from a sheet of thin metal, usually a variety of copper alloy. Backings for these buttons provided both strength and a method of attaching the button to clothing, eith...
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Coat button with gilded star pattern of metallic thread.
Metal, unidentifiable | Object #: 1789415
This remarkable artifact is a textile covered button. The star pattern is composed through the careful arrangement of metallic foil strips and metallic coated threads, which have been braided or twisted. The barest hints of the silk core to the threads can be seen in the image, and were preserv...
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