Collection Highlights
Broadway, A.T. Stewart Dry Goods Store
Date:
1851
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.28
Medium:
1896 photo-mechanical color reproduction of an engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Collection of 4 buttons on block in envelope
Object Number:
INV.9242
Date:
ca. 1865-1868
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Part (small button): 1/2 x 3/8 in. (1.3 x 1 cm)
Each (large button): 1 x 3/8 in. (2.5 x 1 cm)
Marks:
inscribed at back of buttons: "SCOVILL MFC CO./ WATERBURY."
Description:
One small and three large brass buttons with brass loop shanks; button faces inscribed "M.F.D." encircled by laurel wreaths.
Gallery Label:
These buttons are from the uniform of the donor's father, Joshua Grosvenor Abbe, commissioner of the Metropolitan Fire Department.
Credit Line:
Gift of Waldo Fenton Abbe
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
