Identification button used by Thomas Porter II, ca. 1820. Creator: Unknown.
/2832753.jpg "Identification button used by Thomas Porter II, ca. 1820. Creator: Unknown.")
2-832-753 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images
A round copper-alloy button with the initials "T*P" on the front. This button would have been sewn onto an enslaved person's shirt to identify him or her as belonging to Thomas Porter. There is an inscription on the reverse of the button in two concentric circles that reads, "FINE ORANGE STANDARD GILT."
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 1552x1530
File Size : 6,957kb
Aliases
- 2009.32.4
- NMAAHC-2009_32_4_001
- 0990004521
- 2-832-753
- 2009.32.4
- 2832753
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