Button
date: label: date made
content: 1823 - 1829
notes: label: Description
content: Plain, flat, circular, single-piece button with loop shank brazed on back. Back stamped incuse inside two concentric bands around perimeter "·*· A.BENEDICT ·*· / WATERBURY" and "*·* TREBLE *·* / GILT" in roman letters. One of six A. Benedict buttons, 1982.0090.09E-G, I-J and M, from a collection of 15 buttons, 1982.0090.09A-O.
label: Description
content: Maker is Aaron Benedict (1785-1873) of Waterbury, CT. Benedict began producing bone and ivory buttons in 1812, but firm went by A. Benedict from 1823 to 1829; still in operation today as The Waterbury Button Company.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
topic: label: Subject
content: Uniforms, Military
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Clothing & Accessories
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of John Paul Remensnyder
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0090.09I
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0090.09I
label: accession number
content: 1982.0090
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gilt brass (button material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper (shank material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 3/4 in; .9525 cm x 1.905 cm