Button

Object Name:

Button

Object ID:

1993.068.58

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1850-1900

Description:

Artifact from Stone Warehouse site, found between floor joists and wall at handicap access door, north wall of building exterior (Locus 4). Clothing button, four holes, undetermined material (wood?), brown.

Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

Dia-1.125 inches

Provenance:

One of 96 historical archaeological artifacts, all dating from the 19th century, found within four loci associated with the Stone Warehouse, 6 Eagle Square, Concord, NH, in 1993-94. Objects include: 28 household ceramic fragments, two kaolin pipe fragments, 13 construction-related ceramic fragments (sewer pipe, brick, drainage tile), five construction-related stone or conglomerate fragments (slab marble, granite, mortar), seven glass bottle fragments, nine butchered lard animal (domesticated) bones, one iron shovel, eight iron objects or scraps (nails, spikes, sheet iron,), three tin scraps, one brass tool or lever, eight leather shoe fragments, two leather disks, two unidentified (ivory?) pieces, three buttons, three thread spools, one matchbook, and one wood stick (matchstick?).

Credit Line:

Gift of the Stone Warehouse

Subjects:

Buttons