Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
ca. 1630
1885.5
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
British military buttons (24) excavated at Revolutionary War sites
Object name
British military buttons (24) excavated at Revolutionary War sites
Date
1760-1783
Medium
Pewter
Dimensions
largest: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description
Pewter British military buttons excavated at various Revolutionary War sites in Washington Heights; solid pewter disks with the number of their regiment in the center of the button; many buttons have floral, cable, or other border designs and some have a British crown above their regiment number; many have iron wire loops on back for attachment to uniforms.
Credit Line
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
Object Number
INV.6075.215-238
Marks
stamped: (215), on face of button: "26" (26th Regiment)
stamped: (216), face: "70" (70th Regiment)
stamped: (217-18), face: "52" (52nd Regiment)
stamped: (219-20), face: "57" (57th Regiment)
stamped: (221), face: "45" (45th Regiment)
stamped: (222-23), face: "RP" (Royal Provincials)
stamped: (224), face: "80" (Royal Edinburgh Volunteers)
stamped: (225-26), face: "37" (37th Regiment)
stamped: (227), face: "44" (44th Regiment)
stamped: (228), face: "74" (74th Highlanders)
stamped: (229-30), face: "76" (76th McDonald Highlanders)
stamped: (231), face: "17" (17th Regiment)
stamped: (232-33), face: "38" (38th Regiment)
stamped: (234), face: "14" (14th Regiment)
stamped: (235), face: "22" (22nd Regiment)
stamped: (236), face: "33" (33rd Regiment)
stamped: (237), face: "82" (Edinburgh Regiment)
stamped: (238), face: "10" (10th Regiment)
Gallery Label
These buttons were excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at various sites in Washington Heights. They were stored as part of the Reginald Pelham Bolton Collection of Revolutionary War Relics in the Jumel Mansion, at 160th Street and Edgecomb Avenue. Their solid pewter make indicates that they are privates' buttons.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
