Metal button 3

Object/Artifact

St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Name/Title

Metal button 3

Entry/Object ID

1981.004.0003

Description

This button is made of an unknown metal, possibly pewter. It is circular and its shank is bent over. In the center is a circle that looks like a laurel wreath. ****************************************** Text on envelope in which the buttons arrived: "NOTE These are colonial pewter clothes buttons found on the McGuire Mattingly property in Leonardtown and donated to the St. Mary's Historical Society by Mr. Frank Kabiles [address] brought in by Mr. Long 20 Jan. 1981" [Silas Hurry, the collections curator at Historic St. Mary's City believes these buttons are 19th century artifacts rather than 18th century]

Collection

Metal Buttons Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1800 - 1899

Dimensions

Diameter

1-1/4 in

Location

Shelf

Rack 18, Shelf 2

Rack

Rack 18

Wall

East wall

Room

Archives 1

Building

Tudor Hall

Container

Riedesel Cross Manor Photo Collection

Shelf

Rack 18, Shelf 3

Rack

Rack 18

Wall

East wall

Room

Archives 1

Building

Tudor Hall

Room

Basement

Building

Tudor Hall

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Kabiles, Frank

Person or Organization

Mattingly, J. Maguire

Related Places

Place

* Untyped Place

Frank Kabiles

Place

* Untyped Place

Tudor Hall farm