Object Details
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- Description (Brief)
- The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this button around the middle of the 19th century. Scovill was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that is still in business today. Scovill is an important example of early American industrial manufacturing that adapted armory machines to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including buttons, daguerreotype mats, medals, coins, and tokens.
- The button bears Maryland’s seal, the crest with the Calvert arms, supported by a farmer and a fisherman, an eagle over the crest , and a scroll that reads “CRESCITE ET MULTIPLICAMINI.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Scovill, Inc.
- mid 19th century
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1555
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1555
- Object Name
- button
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3.5 cm; 1 3/8 in
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
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- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1382586
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-686d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
