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1931

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Button (France)

This is a Button. It is dated 1830–48 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is pewter,copper. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt.

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Button (France); pewter,copper; 1931-59-15-a

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