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Object NameButtons

Maker Corning Glass Works, Fallbrook

Made FromNon-Lead Glass; Paper; Ink

Dateabout 1944-1946

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning

TechniquePressed; Coated

SizeCard: H: 15.3 cm; W: 10.3 cm; Buttons: H: .3 cm; Diam: 1.5 cm

Accession Number98.4.292 C

Credit LineGift of Corning, Inc., Dept. of Archives and Record Management

Curatorial Area(s)

Not On View

Physical DescriptionWhite paper; red and blue design; translucent white glass; iridescent coating; black ink; non-lead; pressed; coated (buttons); rectangular shape; index card striped on one side, one red stripe and 14 equally spaced blue stripes the length of the card; other side of card plain, at top of plain side are "T1O2" in black ink and "P.J. Kingsbury" in blue ink; below inscriptions are four rows of buttons, two buttons in each row, buttons flat with four holes, buttons translucent white at top, buttons increase in opalescence each row down, to left of third row are two marks in blue ink
Provenance

Former Collection Corning Inc., Dept. of Archives and Record Management