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Description: | Matrix design: cross & linear design
"Slate button mould (18th-19th cent)."
Author: Inglis,Jim & Curtis,Neil Date: 1990 Purpose: Encyclopaedia of the North-East
"Clothing was fastened with buttons often made from horn or from cast metal, sometimes silver. A horn or wooden button often had a metal front with a design stamped on it. Some buttons were decorated with a design which might show the rank or the allegiance of the wearer. This is a slate button mould dating from the 18th or 19th century. It carries one round button matrix which has the design of a Greek cross carved into the stone, surrounded by a border of fine lines. The metal button or button front would have been hammered into the matrix.in order to stamp on the design. There is a second incised design resembling a spade from playing cards. This is much shallower, but would have been used to stamp a design on to metal. This button mould is Scottish but it is not known where it comes from."
Author: Feilden,Rosemary Date: 2000 Purpose: SCRAN | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1700-1900 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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