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Button Card

ca. 1937 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Card of 24 buttons of shaped casein and other plastics, fret-cut or turned and carved. Some with gilt metal fittings.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Casein and other plastics, fret-cut or turned and carved
Brief description
Card of 24 buttons of casein and other plastics, John Templeton (Buttons) Ltd., Great Britain, ca. 1937
Physical description
Card of 24 buttons of shaped casein and other plastics, fret-cut or turned and carved. Some with gilt metal fittings.
Dimensions
  • Length: 30.4cm
  • Width: 20.4cm
  • Approx., average diameter: 2.3cm
Credit line
Given by Mr and Mrs John Innell
Object history
Part of The Selwyn Slater Collection T.104 to 144-1984.
Production
Some buttons are possibly Continental: France, Czech Republic, Slovakia. The buttons were made or bought-in by Templetons.
Collection
Accession number
T.111-1984

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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