Brass button with four fleurs-de-lis
Also known as: Knoop van geelkoper met vier lelies
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1590 - c. 1596
Brass button decorated with four 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-7723-8; its record gives material recorded as brass (alloy); technique casting; measurements height 1.3 cm x diameter 1.6 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
- brass (alloy)
- Technique
- casting
- Measurements
- height 1.3 cm x diameter 1.6 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 1.3 cm x diameter 1.6 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Knoop van geelkoper met vier lelies
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-NM-7723-8
- 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.