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Set of six matching square buttons, red with golden "X" motif

Object/Artifact

Six identical molded buttons, square with rounded corners and a low pyramidal (four-sided faceted) top rising to a central point, the whole surface finely ribbed/striated. The body is a warm red, semi-translucent at the edges. Across the center of each top is a raised golden "X" (a crossed-bar motif with a beaded/nubbed texture). The reverse is recessed, with a central raised boss, four radiating channels, and a small central self-shank for sewing (no thread holes through the face). One button is shown front, edge, and back.

2025.1.254

Purchased by Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez.

The Cabrera Arús family collection

Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez collecition

2025.1

1980s

Maker: Unidentified. No maker's name, backmark, or country stamp on the face, edge, or back. Date: Circa 1980s (estimate, attributed; tentative).

Plastic

Materials: Molded plastic, semi-translucent red (specific polymer undetermined — e.g., polystyrene or acrylic). Golden "X" crossbar with a metallic finish (gilt-metal or gold-colored applied element; anchoring visible in the recessed back). Technique: Injection-molded plastic body with molded self-shank and ribbed surface texture; applied or inset golden "X" crossbar.

Very Good

Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez

owner

Havana

Cuba

Caribbean

Central America

acquisition