2013 Finalist National Medal for Museum and Library Service

Collection Highlights

Portrait of an Unidentified Woman
ca. 1700-1725
1952.80
Oil on canvas
Artist/Maker: Unidentified Artist

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Button

Button
Object name 
Button
Date 
1700-1800
Medium 
Pewter
Dimensions 
Overall: 3/4 in. ( 1.9 cm )
Description 
Pewter button fragment.
Object Number 
INV.5704.4
Gallery Label 
According to an attached label, this button was found at Kings Highway and Utica Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. The label gave a date of June 31, 1925, but did not clarify whether the object was found on that date, or presented that day to the Society. The address was the site of a Colonial inn that was built in 1680.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.