Uniform button

Button

CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES
Barnum & Co.
USA, NY, New York
metal
overall: 7/8 x 7/8 x 1/4 in.

Button; Uniform button; from the collection of Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899); large uniform button, possibly military, most likely to button the front of the uniform; on the top is an image of an anchor, with the letters "S S H" above, and a rope-like edge; printed on the underside of the button is "BARNUM & CO./ NEW YORK".

2005.34.341