Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Buttons
Object Number:
1935.99t-u
Date:
1890-1898
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
largest: 3/4 in. ( 1.9 cm )
Marks:
stamped: back: "SCOVILL MFG. CO./WATERBURY"
Description:
Dome-shaped brass buttons stamped on front with eagle grasping branch in one talon, and arrows in other talon, with shield on breast.
Gallery Label:
These uniform buttons were collected by the donor during her service as a nurse in the Spanish-American War.
Credit Line:
Gift of Anna P. Osmers
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
