Prosser Button

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Dublin Core

Title

Prosser Button

Identifier

Item Sm.608

Description

Small, undecorated, dish-shaped, Prosser button with four sew-through eyes.

Creator

n.c.

Subject

Dress & Personal Accessories--Dress component--Clothing--Fastening--Button;
Clothing;
Buttons.

Date

1840s -

Source

Old Smithfield township.

Publisher

Private collection

Format

Weight: 0.6 g
Size: 11.5 mm diameter

Type

Physical Object

Coverage

165138S1454201E
Old Smithfield township, Barron QLD 4871
Colonial Queensland
1870s

Rights

© 2021 oldsmithfield.com

Relation

See also:

Bone Button

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Small white button, made of bone or mother of pearl shell?
4 holes

Geolocation

Collection

Clothing

Citation (Chicago 17 Style)

n.c., “Prosser Button,” 1840s -, Item Sm.608, Private collection, https://oldsmithfield.com/omeka/items/show/15.

Item Relations

This item is similar to Bone Button