Button, Lucie Rie, London, 1940-1945
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1940-1945
Button, Lucie Rie, London, 1940-1945 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1940-1945. The museum's brief description reads: Glass Button by Orplid Glassworks, silver with an impressed depiction possibly of a spindle, London, 1940-1945.. Museum description: Glass button, silver with impressed depiction, possibly of a spindle The museum record gives material recorded as glass; measurements Diameter 3.7 cm; place associated: London; maker recorded: Lucie Rie. These details come from the holding 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 3.7 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 attribution
- Lucie Rie
- Museum object name
- Button
- Museum object number
- C.389-2017
- Museum system number
- O1385665
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: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the museum record and a specialist reference.