Button Mold

Description:

Three-part, folding or "V" pattern gang mold for four different flat buttons, a small circular button with floral sprig, a small octagonal button with eight-petaled rosette, and two large octagonal buttons, one with a four-petaled rosette at center and the other with a pinwheel and eight drops. Small iron plate and two peened pins at top and small iron clasp at bottom. No marks.

Date Made: ca 1780 - 1800

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

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Credit Line: Gift of John Paul Remensnyder

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1978.0939.023Accession Number: 1978.0939Catalog Number: 1978.0939.023

Object Name: mold, button

Physical Description: brass (mold material)iron (hinge plate; hinge pins; clasp material)wood (handle material)Measurements: overall: 7/8 in x 7 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 19.05 cm x 4.1275 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-b972-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_309543

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