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Description: | Incomplete, solid, die-cut, domed, silvered copper alloy two-piece livery button embossed with the initials F B under a crown made up of four plumes of feathers, which is part of the crest of the Basset family of Tehidy in Cornwall, and was worn on the uniform of coachmen and the like.The Basset family lived at Tehidy until the 1890s but this button was made in the time of Sir Francis Basset, Lord De Dunstanville (1757-1835) and has the backmark or trade mark of Biddell of Drury Lane, London, dating its manufacture to c.1820s-40s (Biddell, T. referred to as button maker on Drury Lane in Post Office Directory, London, 1841, Part 1: Street, Commercial, & Trades Directories).The button is missing its attachment loop but other than that is in relatively good condition, retaining much of its silver layer.
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