Button Mold
date: label: date made
content: 1800 - 1850
notes: label: Description
content: Three-part, single button mold for a plain, self shank, domed button. Top halves have iron loop handles and join to form a diamond or lozenge sprue hole. Bead-bordered domed button inside; fits mold but does not match it. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Preston R. Bassett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0250.03
label: accession number
content: 1980.0250
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0250.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mold, button
label: Object Name
content: button
label: Other Terms
content: Mold, Button; 41Cc, Sullivan, Michael D
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (handles material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, white (button material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, base: 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 1.905 cm x 4.445 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, button: 3/8 in x 1/2 in; .9525 cm x 1.27 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, mold halves, each: 1 in x 2 in x 2 in; 2.54 cm x 5.08 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/8 in x 3 7/8 in x 2 1/4 in; 3.4925 cm x 9.8425 cm x 5.715 cm