Coat Buttons, hunting hounds
Date1739-1756
OriginEngland, London
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 1.5 x 3.5 x 3.5cm (9/16 x 1 3/8 x 1 3/8in.)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2004-130,1-13
Description1. "Trumpiter"; 2. "Noisey"; 3. "Caesar"; 4. "Piper"; 5. "Tinker"; 6. "Tanner"; 7. "Blossom"; 8. "Rainger"; 9. "Loiterer"; 10. "Ringwood"; 11. "Rover"; 12. "Trumpiter" [II]; 13. "Juno"ProvenanceMilly McGehee acted as agent for Colonial Williamsburg in acquiring these buttons in Part III of the auctions of the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords at Sotheby's (New York) on October 29, 2004, lot 619.
