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Button, conical with ribs and leaf-shaped eye

Also known as: Knoop, konisch met ribben en bladvormig oog

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

c. 1590 - c. 1596

Button, conical in shape with six ribs meeting at a point and a leaf-shaped eye. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-NM-7723-1; its record gives material recorded as tin (metal); technique casting; measurements height 1.9 cm x diameter 1.2 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
tin (metal)
Technique
casting
Measurements
height 1.9 cm x diameter 1.2 cm
Dimensions museum
height 1.9 cm x diameter 1.2 cm

Identification

Original title
Knoop, konisch met ribben en bladvormig oog
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
NG-NM-7723-1
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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