Button, Czech Republic, Slovakia, 1900-1949
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1900-1949
Button in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number T.33-1971), made in Czech Republic, Slovakia, dated 1900-1949. The museum's brief description reads: Composition button mounted on card, set with paste diamond, made in Czech Republic or Slovakia, 1900-1949.
Museum description: Circular flat topped button with diamond paste set in a black composition collar through which there are holes for attachment. Mounted on card printed in blue with Prince of Wales feathers overprinted with 'The Royal button Cabinet'. Below it says 'Made in Czechoslovakia.' The museum records it as Composition and paste gemstone, measuring Diameter 0.6 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
- Composition and paste gemstone
- Dimensions
- Diameter 0.6 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Composition and paste gemstone
- Place recorded
- Czech Republic, Slovakia
Identification
- Museum object name
- Button
- Museum object number
- T.33-1971
- Museum system number
- O285245
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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