Object Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
(TR)1965.158 |
Object Name |
Button |
Description |
This is a set of two brass buttons (a & b). The buttons depict hunt scenes on the front. One button includes an image of a dog running, while the other button depicts a bird standing. Both buttons offer floral, Rococo-esque designs that encircle the central images. Rococo, when used as an adjective, describes architecture and/or art that is characterized by an elaborately ornamental Late Baroque style of decoration. Rococo stylings were most prevelant in 18th-century Europe. Both buttons features the words "Victoria I" on the back, in addition to an image of a bird sitting in thistle. According to the accession records, these buttons were reported to have come from one of the coats of Daniel Boone, the famous frontiersman of Kentucky and Tennessee. If the marking "Victoria I" refers to Queen Victoria I's birth, then the button would have to be from 1819 to 1820, ending at Daniel Boone's death. However, if the button is referring to the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901, then the button is not Daniel Boone's at all. It, instead, could be from his son, Daniel Morgan Boone, or perhaps someone else. |
Date |
c. 1800s |
Dimensions |
Dia-1 inches |
Collection |
Tennessee Frontier Exhibit / Baxter Collection |
Material |
metal, brass |
Subjects |
local history |