Collection Highlights
A Brief Description of NEW-YORK: Formerly Called New-Netherlands..
Date:
1670
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1670.Den
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Buttons
Object Number:
Z.2696a-v
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Metal, bone
Dimensions:
largest: 1/8 x 5/8 in. ( 0.3 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Buttons; bone center covered by thin gilded metal sheet.
Gallery Label:
These buttons were found in the files of the N-YHS Field Exploration Committee. They were probably part of a collection of replicas of 18th and 19th century buttons owned by William L. Calver, the Committee's chairman.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
