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Description: | PAISLEY'S GLASGOW
Button worn on the uniform of the shipping company Scottish Shire Line Limited (Turnball, Martin & Company). Gilt brass domed button with a rope twist outer border and raised inner border. A swallowtail flag with saltire (unsure of colour) appears on lined ground.
On the reverse of the button the maker is inscribed - PAISLEY?S GLASGOW
Reference to the house flag can be found in ?Lloyd?s Book of House Flags and Funnels? 1912 (No.1217, page 94).
Inscription.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | buttons Turnbull Martin | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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