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small button

Also known as: nasture mic

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

small button is held by National Museum of Romanian History. Museum description: Small button, cylindrical, with a hemispherical cap, chased and openworked with vegetal motifs and four turquoises, one larger in the center and three smaller around it.

In the base area, a metal sheet was soldered with an attachment ring in the central part. The button is part of a set composed of 42 buttons of three sizes. The museum record gives measurements H: 2.2 cm; D: 2.7 cm; W: 6.07 g. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.

Evidence at a glance

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Physical characteristics

Material
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q390584; turquoise
Dimensions
Î: 2,2 cm; D: 2,7 cm; G: 6,07 g

Identification

Europeana id
/2048047/Clasate_0b08c4a24dcf498b9306ce42324e1d7c
Museum object name
nasture mic
Holding institution
National Museum of Romanian History

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

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