Button

Object/Artifact

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Historic Stonington

Name/Title

Button

Entry/Object ID

2009.500.0222

Description

4 tortoiseshell buttons, 2 round, 2 oval, part of a tortoiseshell jewelery set, with various monograms including CHF; CCM but order of letters unclear. Large buttons match the initials on the locket; small buttons are different. Old inventory list pre-1949 mentions a "carved head." Old numbers: a.247; 6.2

Collection

Textile

Made/Created

Notes

Date: early 19th cent.