Medium:

Brass

Type:

costume & accessories

Decorative Arts

Button

Date:

late 19th century

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Components -a,-c,-e/-h are on card i80-3

Seven circular brass buttons with shanks. a,c,d: marked: Extra Quality; e/h: marked: Horstmann and Allien N Y; a/d: spread eagle on a shield showing, at left, sun above mountains and, at right, stars and stripes, surrounded by 13 stars and the word: Excelsior; e/h: spread eagle with olive branch and three arrows; on breast, shield with the letter A.

Credit Line:

Gift of Miss Helen Lyall

Accession Number:

1942-75-2-a,c/h

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq434688095-fc47-4ab4-a4a8-652cd1811804

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1942-75-2-a_c_h