Collection Highlights
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1916-1922
1954.164
Painted plaster
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Buttons
Object name
Buttons
Date
1900-1940
Medium
Pewter
Dimensions
largest: 1/8 x 3/8 in. ( 0.3 x 1 cm )
Description
Pewter buttons; gilded faces.
Object Number
Z.2708a-x
Gallery Label
These buttons were found in the files of the N-YHS Field Exploration Committee. They were probably part of a collection of replicas of 18th and 19th century buttons owned by William L. Calver, the Committee's chairman.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
