Silver button from a hunting doublet
Also known as: Knoop van zilver, van een jachtwambuis
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1822 - c. 1853
Silver button from a hunting doublet from the time of King William II. Model: round, flat and with an eyelet. Marks: maker's mark no. 4117 (= J. Helweg). Amsterdam, c. 1825–1850. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1978-182; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements diameter 2 cm x height 0.8 cm x weight 5 g. 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
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Measurements
- diameter 2 cm x height 0.8 cm x weight 5 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 2 cm x height 0.8 cm x weight 5 g
Identification
- Original title
- Knoop van zilver, van een jachtwambuis
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-1978-182
- 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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