Spring Button Auction Day 1
Lot 2086:
Description
A collection of 19th-century metal buttons, primarily constructed from brass with gilt finishes. The items are presented on a professionally organized display card and feature various relief designs including floral motifs, starbursts, geometric patterns, and scrollwork. Notable manufacturers and distributors identified by typed labels include Scovills & Co., R. & W. Robinson, Smith & Hopkins, Kendrick & Co., and Festus Hayden of Waterbury, CT. The reverse of the card reveals button shanks with legible backmarks and numerical inventory labels such as 3002, 1052, and 3960. Documentation includes a plastic bag labeled Division I. These items are buttons showing characteristics consistent with military and trade use from the post-Civil War era.
10 inches width Pick up is Friday, March 13 from 10 am to 4 pm at our gallery in Lancaster, Ohio 43130 or we will provide in-house shipping for this item. We will charge a $5 fee if you want to pick this lot up another day. Once packed up we will send you an invoice for shipping & handling. Shipping questions: [email protected]. Sales tax is collected on this auction.
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