Collection Highlights
Castle Garden, New York City
Date:
1859
Object Number:
1972.13
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Collar buttons
Object Number:
Z.2164ab
Date:
1884-1920
Medium:
Gold plate
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 1/2 in. ( 1.3 x 1.3 cm )
Marks:
stamped: reverse of shank: "KREMENTZ / PLATE"
Description:
Pair of gold-plated circular one-piece collar buttons with larger circular shank on reverse.
Gallery Label:
These one-piece collar buttons were made by Krementz & Company in Newark, New Jersey, a company founded by George Krementz. He invented new articles and the machinery with which to manufacture them, including the one-piece collar button, in 1884.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
