Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Belt buckle
Object Number:
1949.79
Date:
1860-1865
Medium:
Lead
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 4 3/8 x 1/8 in. ( 3.8 x 11.1 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Lead bar shaped into openwork rectangle, with letters "C" in left corner and "A" in right corner.
Gallery Label:
This belt buckle was made out of a piece of scrap lead by a Confederate soldier during the Civil War.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
