Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1766-1853)
ca. 1825
1920.4
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
4 buttons: Confederate States of America
Title
4 buttons: Confederate States of America
Object name
Buttons
Date
1860-1865
Medium
Brass
Dimensions
largest: 7/8 in. ( 2.2 cm )
Description
Brass buttons; dome-shaped.
Credit Line
Gift of Eliza R. and Mary M. Greenwood
Object Number
1942.614a-d
Marks
stamped: front: "C.S.A."; backs of a-b: "SUPERIOR QUALITY"; back of cd: "SUPERIOR STANDARD"
Gallery Label
These buttons were worn on the uniforms of Confederate soldiers during the Civil War.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
