Button, London, 1940-1945
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1940-1945
Button in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number C.281:1-2017), made in London, dated 1940-1945, attributed to Lucie Rie. The museum's brief description reads: Glass Button by Orplid Glassworks, green glass with impressed decoration of a bear in gold, London, 1940-1945..
Museum description: Glass buttons attached with a metal clasp, impressed decoration of a bear in gold on green glass The museum records it as Glass button, impressed decoration, measuring Diameter 1.8 cm. These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- Diameter 1.8 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Glass button, impressed decoration
- Maker recorded
- Lucie Rie
- Place recorded
- London
Design
- Inscriptions recorded
- Stamped Flowerpot Mark of Bimini/Orplid Glassworks
Identification
- Museum object name
- Button
- Museum object number
- C.281:1-2017
- Museum system number
- O1385557
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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