Broken, modern button with ship's anchor.
Synthetic/Modern | Object #: 1694199
Four-holed, black rubber button.
Four-holed, black rubber button.
Interior ring of possible painted or coated copper alloy inset into exterior circular plastic ring.
This is the metal back of a two piece button. In this style of button, the face, or cover, of the button was commonly fashioned from a sheet of thin metal, usually a variety of copper alloy. Backings for these buttons provided both strength and a method of attaching the button to clothing, either by…
This is the metal back of a two piece button. In this style of button, the face, or cover, of the button was commonly fashioned from a sheet of thin metal, usually a variety of copper alloy. Backings for these buttons provided both strength and a method of attaching the button to clothing, either by…
Made out of copper alloy sheet metal. Irregular frame, possibly homemade. Appears to be the shape of a clasp clothing buckle, perhaps for stock buckle or stocking buckle http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6NYbLdzbrbM/TOhV8qiwNPI/AAAAAAAAAC4/YO431fUeMu4/s1600/garters%2Band%2Bstockings%2Bmontage.JPG
Kidd type unknown due to distorted shape; original shape type and manu tech also indeterminate. Little to no patina.
This is the metal face, or front portion, of a two piece button. In this style of button, a disk of lathed bone with a beveled edge often served as a button back. The face of the button was commonly fashioned from a sheet of thin metal, usually a variety of copper alloy, which would be crimped onto the…