Button Card
ca. 1970 (made)
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Card of 34 buttons of trochus shell, lathe turned. The back of the card is inscribed with a table of pre-decimilisation prices. The shell is imported from France or the far east.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Card and lathe turned shell |
| Brief description | Card of 34 buttons of trochus shell, John Templeton (Buttons) Ltd., Great Britain, ca. 1970 |
| Physical description | Card of 34 buttons of trochus shell, lathe turned. The back of the card is inscribed with a table of pre-decimilisation prices. The shell is imported from France or the far east. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (Back of the card is inscribed with a table of pre-decimilisation prices.) |
| Credit line | Given by Mr and Mrs John Innell |
| Object history | Part of The Selwyn Slater Collection T.104 to 144-1984. |
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| Accession number | T.130-1984 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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