Button of copper and wood, as a fret-sawn, applied copper trophy, with a cuirass
Also known as: Knoop van koper en hout, als een uitgezaagde, opgelegde trofee van koper, waarop een borstkuras
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1900
Button of copper and wood. Fret-sawn, applied trophy of copper, consisting of a breast cuirass suspended from a ribbon, over crossed sabre, sword, poniard, and revolver.
On a smooth, grained brown wooden ground, with a raised copper rim. Fancy button. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1967-74; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal), wood (plant material); technique forging, cutting; measurements diameter 3.2 cm x height 1 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
- copper (metal), wood (plant material)
- Technique
- forging, cutting
- Measurements
- diameter 3.2 cm x height 1 cm
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.2 cm x height 1 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Knoop van koper en hout, als een uitgezaagde, opgelegde trofee van koper, waarop een borstkuras
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-1967-74
- 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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