Button of silver-coloured metal and paste
Also known as: Knoop van zilverkleurig metaal en stras
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1700 - c. 1800
Button of silver-coloured metal and paste. Six swirling, openwork metal spokes set with three paste stones surround a large central stone. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1967-70-A; its record gives material recorded as 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.
Evidence at a glance
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- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- 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 van zilverkleurig metaal en stras
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-1967-70-A
- 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
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