Button, 1868 - 1912
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1868 - 1912
Spherical button, hollow and thin-walled, flattened at the top and bottom; several openings; in relief on the top. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as AK-MAK-1421; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal), copper (metal), gilding (material); technique gild; measurements height 1.5 cm x diameter 2 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze (metal), copper (metal), gilding (material)
- Technique
- gild
- Measurements
- height 1.5 cm x diameter 2 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 1.5 cm x diameter 2 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Knoop
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- AK-MAK-1421
- Museum classification
- button
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, dimensions, marks and catalogue references against button and costume references.