Identification button used by Thomas Porter II
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1820
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Used by
content: Thomas Porter II, British, 1790 - 1857
notes: label: Description
content: A round copper-alloy button with the initials "T*P" on the front. This button would have been sewn onto an enslaved person's shirt to identify him or her as belonging to Thomas Porter II. There is an inscription on the reverse of the button in two concentric circles that reads, "FINE ORANGE STANDARD GILT." There is a considerable amount of verdigris on both sides of the button.
place: label: Place collected
content: Georgia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana, Caribbean, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Commerce
label: Topic
content: Middle Passage
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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
label: Exhibition
content: Slavery and Freedom
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2009.32.3
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: copper alloy
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm), 2.7Grams