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Object Name3 Flower Buttons
Made FromNon-lead glass
Dateabout 1932
Place MadeUnited States
Techniquepress molded
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number87.4.54
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Edward L. Bush
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass with shades of pink, green and violet paint; press molded. Each button pressed into the same mold in the form of a open conical flower blossom with eight flaring petals that appear to overlap; flat circular center whose faceted backside has been drilled through horizontally to form a fastening channel; each button is two-color painted on the backside with petals in alternating colors: (1) transparent chartreuse/opaque forest green, (2) transparent and opaque violet, (3) transparent and opaque pink; unsigned.Provenance
Source
Louise Bush
