Collection: Hunley Artifact Collection – Personal Artifacts / Contributing Institution: Friends of the Hunley / Media Type: Objects / Subject (Topic): Buttons (Fasteners)--1860-1870 - Lowcountry Digital Library Catalog Search Search Results

Date:: 1860 and 1869
Description:: Assortment of non-military four-holed buttons made of glass, possibly ceramic. Images show twenty-five buttons in varying conditions as well as designs showing forward face, seven buttons in varying conditions as well as designs showing forward face, and same seven buttons showing reverse side.

Date:: 1851-01 and 1851-12
Description:: Rubber Union Navy four-holed buttons from Navy peacoat wore by crewmember James Wicks with raised letters "U.S.N.", three stars, and horizontal foul anchor on forward face and raised text on reverse side reading "Novelty Rubber, Goodyear's Patent, 1851, New York." Images show forward face of buttons following removal from submarine interior sediment, reverse face of buttons following removal from submarine interior sediment, and close-up of two buttons, one showing forward face and one showing reverse side, following cleaning and conservation.

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