Button
1800-1850 (made)
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Men throughout Europe wore silver buttons with their traditional costume in the 18th and 19th centuries. Most European cultures disapproved of male jewellery, but buttons allowed men to show off their wealth and status. They wore them in extravagant numbers, on sleeves and trousers as well as jackets and waistcoats. The most popular kinds, throughout the region, were round filigree buttons, which varied in design and details of construction from place to place.
Silver filigree buttons like these, called ‘braamknopen’ (blackberry buttons) in Dutch, are one of the commonest types of Dutch button. They are now considered typical of Zeeland, but in the 18th and early 19th century they were worn throughout the Netherlands, and along the North Sea coast of Germany as well. They are still being made today in much the same pattern as in the 18th century. These buttons, with their simple back and heavy loop shank, probably date from the first half of the 19th century.
Silver filigree buttons like these, called ‘braamknopen’ (blackberry buttons) in Dutch, are one of the commonest types of Dutch button. They are now considered typical of Zeeland, but in the 18th and early 19th century they were worn throughout the Netherlands, and along the North Sea coast of Germany as well. They are still being made today in much the same pattern as in the 18th century. These buttons, with their simple back and heavy loop shank, probably date from the first half of the 19th century.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silver filigree |
| Brief description | Six silver filigree buttons (braamknopen), Netherlands, 1800-1850. |
| Physical description | Set of six silver filigree buttons, with open filigree backs, and faces decorated with a circle of coil rings round a central larger coil ring. |
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| Summary | Men throughout Europe wore silver buttons with their traditional costume in the 18th and 19th centuries. Most European cultures disapproved of male jewellery, but buttons allowed men to show off their wealth and status. They wore them in extravagant numbers, on sleeves and trousers as well as jackets and waistcoats. The most popular kinds, throughout the region, were round filigree buttons, which varied in design and details of construction from place to place. Silver filigree buttons like these, called ‘braamknopen’ (blackberry buttons) in Dutch, are one of the commonest types of Dutch button. They are now considered typical of Zeeland, but in the 18th and early 19th century they were worn throughout the Netherlands, and along the North Sea coast of Germany as well. They are still being made today in much the same pattern as in the 18th century. These buttons, with their simple back and heavy loop shank, probably date from the first half of the 19th century. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.267-1925 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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