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Button decorated with fleurs-de-lis

Also known as: Knoop versierd met lelies

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

c. 1590 - c. 1596

Button, decorated with fleurs-de-lis. The buttons NG-NM-7723-7, NG-NM-7723-8 and NG-NM-7723-10 are not identical. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-NM-7723-7; its record gives material recorded as brass (alloy); measurements height 1.4 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.

Evidence at a glance

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Photograph views
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Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics

Material
brass (alloy)
Measurements
height 1.4 cm x diameter 1.2 cm
Dimensions museum
height 1.4 cm x diameter 1.2 cm

Identification

Original title
Knoop versierd met lelies
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
NG-NM-7723-7
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.
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