National Museum of African American History and Culture
Identification button used by Thomas Porter II
I. Nutting & Son, British, ca.1805 - 1840 · ca. 1820
A round pewter button with "TPORTER" stamped across the middle. This button would have been sewn onto an enslaved person's shirt to identify him or her as belonging to Thomas Porter II. On the reverse side of the button there is a pronounced concavity which may have occurred after fabrication. The button has considerable wear with pitting on both sides.
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