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Bertram Mills lapel badge

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Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

20th century

This is a twentieth-century metal and enamel lapel badge made for the Bertram Mills Circus in Great Britain. Produced using metal-working striking and enamelling techniques, the badge is decorated in red and green enamel. Its design depicts a rearing horse positioned above the title of the circus.

The front features the enamelled inscription 'BERTRAM MILLS / CIRCUS' along the lower portion beneath the rearing horse emblem. The reverse side of the badge bears the maker's mark 'FETTORINI AND SONS / BRADFORD WORKS / BIRMINGHAM', struck into the metal. The badge was manufactured in Birmingham by Fattorini & Sons Ltd. It dates to the twentieth century.

Evidence at a glance

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Physical characteristics

Material
Metal and enamel

Technical characteristics

Inscriptions
Date: Text: Research required; Latest: Research required; Earliest: Research required; Note: Enamelled on front side; Type: Research required; Medium: Research required; Method: Research required; Script: Research required; Content: 'BERTRAM MILLS / CIRCUS'; Language: Research required; Position: Research required; Inscriber: Name: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Association: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Description: Research required; Translation: Research required; Interpretation: Research required; Transliteration: Research required Date: Text: Research required; Latest: Research required; Earliest: Research required; Note: Struck on reverse side; Type: Research required; Medium: Research required; Method: Research required; Script: Research required; Content: 'FETTORINI AND SONS / BRADFORD WORKS / BIRMINGHAM'; Language: Research required; Position: Research required; Inscriber: Name: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Association: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Description: Research required; Translation: Research required; Interpretation: Research required; Transliteration: Research required
Maker recorded
Fattorini & Sons Ltd
Place recorded
Birmingham

Identification

Source note
Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
Museum object name
Bertram Mills lapel badge
Museum object number
S.1481-2014

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.