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Button Factory

Button Making Kit
1978 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Schaper Manufacturing Company (manufacturer)
Place of origin
USA (manufactured)

Schaper Mfg Co, USA, 1978

Object details

Object type
Button making kit
Parts
This object consists of 5 parts.

  • Box
  • Machine
  • Cover (Closure)
  • Button
  • Sheet of Buttons
Titles
  • Button Factory (manufacturer's title)
  • U-MAKE-IT CRAFT TOY (series title)
Brief description
Schaper Mfg Co, USA, 1978
Production typemass produced
Marks and inscriptions
6 Reusable Badges 18 Full color Ideas Ideal for ages 4 and up
Credit line
Given by the Palitoy Company
Object history
Part of the Palitoy Archive
Production
Reason For Production: retail
Other number
17725 - product number
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.563:1 to 5-1998

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Record createdSeptember 29, 1998
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O9243/button-factory-button-making-kit-schaper-manufacturing-company/
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