Identification button used by Thomas Porter II
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1820
name: label: Manufactured by
content: I. Nutting & Son, British, ca.1805 - 1840
label: Subject of
content: Thomas Porter II, British, 1790 - 1857
notes: label: Description
content: Metal button with raised type on front reads, [TPORTER]. This button would have been sewn onto an enslaved person's shirt to identify him or her as belonging to Thomas Porter II. A circle border surrounds type on front of button. Back of button has raised type that reads [I NUTTING & SON / KING-(illegible) / COVENT (illegible)].
place: label: Place made
content: London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
label: Place used
content: Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana, Caribbean, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Middle Passage
label: Topic
content: Trans Atlantic slave trade
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Awards, Medals, and Insignia
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.312.99
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (fasteners)
label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pewter
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter: 13/16 in., 3.2Grams (2.1 cm)