Collection Highlights
The Daughters of Heber Reginald Bishop (Elizabeth, Harriet, Mary, and Edith)
ca. 1895
1905.22
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Wood button fragments (2) excavated at Fort Haldimand
Object name
Wood button fragments (2) excavated at Fort Haldimand
Date
1760-1783
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
largest: 3/8 in. ( 1 cm )
Description
Wood button fragments excavated at Fort Haldimand; both are pierced with holes.
Object Number
INV.5940.47-48
Gallery Label
These buttons were excavated by the Field Exploration Committee from a refuse pit at Fort Haldimand, a British fort on Carleton Island in the St. Lawrence River in New York, just below the Canadian border. Built in 1779, the fort commanded passage of the river and was retained by the British until its destruction by American forces in 1812. The buttons were worn by British or Loyalist soldiers.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
