Button (8 items), domed, of brown and beige plastic (celluloid?) with copper eye
Also known as: Knoop (8 stuks), bol, van bruin en beige kunststof (celluloid?) met koperen oog
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1905 - c. 1915
Eight large domed buttons of brown and beige plastic (celluloid). The Netherlands, c. 1910(?). The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1994-16-A; its record gives material recorded as celluloid (cellulosic), copper (metal); technique casting; measurements height 1.8 cm x diameter 3 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
- celluloid (cellulosic), copper (metal)
- Technique
- casting
- Measurements
- height 1.8 cm x diameter 3 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 1.8 cm x diameter 3 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Knoop (8 stuks), bol, van bruin en beige kunststof (celluloid?) met koperen oog
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-1994-16-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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, dimensions, marks and catalogue references against button and costume references.