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Brandywine bowl (brandewijnkom)
Date:
ca. 1700
Object Number:
1911.38
Medium:
Silver

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Button

Object Number: 
2002.68.14
Artist/Maker:
Buttons of History
Related Person:
Richard M. Nixon
Date: 
1973
Medium: 
Metal, plastic
Dimensions: 
diameter: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.4 cm )
Marks: 
printed: on side of button: "BUTTONS of HISTORY 1973"
Description: 
Circular pin-back button: "Nixon's/the One/WATERGATE"; white, red and blue.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Norma P. Munn
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group