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Object Name3 Buttons

Made Fromglass, copper, iron,paint

Date1701-1800

Techniqueblown

Size(a): 3.7 cm, (b): 3.7 cm, (c): 3.7 cm

Accession Number78.3.40

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Place Made

probably Germany

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown. (a-c) Flat, circular shapes; slightly domed glass faces, with partly affixed painted circular panels, depicting women at work, (a) wearing a red blouse, white shawl and hat, gray skirt, holding a staff; (b) wearing a red blouse, white tied scarf around her head, tan skirt, carrying a bundle of sticks over her shoulder; (c) wearing a gray blouse and red skirt, with one arm over her head; all on black backgrounds; mounted in thin copper metal frames, backed with tinned sheet iron, with soldered brass (?) loops.
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