Button, Abbey Card, England, 1900-1924
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1900-1924
Card of buttons with twelve dozen round white washing buttons. Pale blue card printed in green and stitched with buttons close covered in white cotton over a foundation.
There are seven sets in different sizes with buttons. Printed on the card at the head of each set which are arranged in printed squares are the sizes of the buttons. '16 LINES' with 27; '18 LINES' with 27; '20 LINES' with 24; '22 LINES' with 24; '24 LINES' with 18; '26 LINES' with 14 spaces (1 button missing) and '30 LINES' with 10. Printed on the top of the card is a picture of a ruined medieval abbey and 'The Abbey Card CONTAINING 12 DOZEN BUTTONS MADE IN ENGLAND'
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- England
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O1512003
- Museum object number
- T.97A-1983
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
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