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Button with a large stone in the centre around which are eight small ones on curved spokes

Also known as: Knoop met in het midden een grote steen waaromheen acht kleine op gebogen spaken

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

c. 1800

Four buttons of silver and paste. Decorated with eight curved spokes with small paste stones, radiating from 1 large stone in the centre. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1967-69; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal), paste (glass); technique grinding, forging; measurements diameter 2 cm x height 0.5 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.

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Physical characteristics

Material
silver (metal), paste (glass)
Technique
grinding, forging
Measurements
diameter 2 cm x height 0.5 cm
Dimensions museum
diameter 2 cm x height 0.5 cm

Identification

Original title
Knoop met in het midden een grote steen waaromheen acht kleine op gebogen spaken
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
BK-1967-69
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.

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