Button
Date1750-1770
Artist/Maker
Mrs. William Meredith
Mediumsilver, silk thread, wood base
DimensionsDia: 9/16"
Credit LineGift of Mrs. William Meredith
Object number1971-21
DescriptionWaistcoat button: small passementrie (silver thread, tinsel) covered wood base; linen covered back; convex shape.ProvenanceDonor is a button collector and member of the Betsy Ross Button Club of Pennsylvania, founded in 1943. See correspondence in object folder.
ca. 1800
1760-1770
1760-1780
1770-1790.
ca. 1775