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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 D

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 orange glass; translucent pale green glass; translucent pale brown 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, three rows of buttons on plain side, first row of buttons orange, second row pale green, third row pale brown, buttons flat with four holes;, "Fe2O3" written to right of first row, "Cr2O3" written to right of second, "CoO" written to right of third; all inscriptions in black ink.
Provenance

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