Three small uniform buttons
Buttons
CLOTHING & ACCESSORIESBarnum & Co.
USA, NY, New York
metal
overall: 1/2 x 1/2 in.
Button; Three small uniform buttons; from the collection of Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899); three small uniform buttons, possibly military, most likely for buttoning a uniform's sleeve; on the top of each button is an image of an anchor, with the letters "S S H" above, and a rope-like edge; printed on the underside of each button is "BARNUM & CO./ N.Y."
2005.34.438