Identification button used by Thomas Porter II
Object Details
- Description
- A round copper-alloy button with the initials "T*P" on the front. This button would have been sewn onto an enslaved person's shirt to identify him or her as belonging to Thomas Porter II. There is an inscription on the reverse of the button in two concentric circles that reads, "FINE ORANGE STANDARD GILT." There is a considerable amount of verdigris on both sides of the button.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Date
- ca. 1820
- Object number
- 2009.32.3
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Used by
- Thomas Porter II, British, 1790 - 1857
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- buttons (fasteners)
- buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium
- copper alloy
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm), 2.7Grams
- Place collected
- Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Place used
- Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana, Caribbean, South America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Awards, Medals, and Insignia
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
- Topic
- African American
- Business
- Commerce
- Middle Passage
- Slavery
- Trans Atlantic slave trade
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2009.32.3
