brass button with cut steels
Inventory Number: MUS-117-0023b
Classification: Button
Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
all: 15/16 × 15/16 × 1/4 in. (2.4 × 2.4 × 0.6 cm)
Description:
Brass button, two piece construction with support bar and loop shank. Elborate (partial) rose boarder. Image of comet with stars formed with a single star-shaped cut steel with15 small facetted cut steel. Button background is textured and engraved to form the comet‘s tail. Cut steel is typically handmade, but construction suggests machine assembly.
Excellent condition.
Excellent condition.
In Collection(s)
Signedunsigned
Functionclothing button
Curatorial RemarksButton image refelcts several comet sighting at the end of the 19th Century ( not Halley’s Come which was seen in 1910).
Published References- The Big Book of Buttons, Elizabeth Hughes and Marion Lester, Second Edition, Volume 2; 2010, St. Johann Press, Plate 166 (No. 18), Page 594. Button is pictured and decribed (different back material).
- Armchair Auctions Catalogue, 26 June 2021, Lot No. 3.