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Set of Six Round Shank Buttons — Green with Gold-Tone Rim
Object/Artifact
Six oval shank buttons. The face presents a smooth round center panel in green, recessed within a raised border inset with a continuous gold-tone metal ring. The reverse is green plastic with a molded central post and two-prong gold-tone metal shank.
2025.1.394
Belonged to Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez
Buttons of this decorative type — suitable for a blouse, dress jacket, or cardigan — were available in Cuba primarily through COMECON trading partners, principally Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and Bulgaria.
The Cabrera Arús family collection
Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez collecition
2025.1
Maker/Attribution: Unknown; no mark present. Construction consistent with Eastern European (tentative: Czechoslovak or East German) or Western European commercial button production. Date: Circa 1960s–1970s (tentative). Place: Unknown; likely Eastern Europe or Western Europe (tentative).
Six buttons.
Plastic
Metal
Plastic body (likely cellulose acetate or early acrylic; fiber type unconfirmed); gold-tone metal rim insert (base metal with gold-tone finish, likely brass-plated or gilded); metal shank (base metal, gold-tone finish).
Good
Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez
owner
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
use