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Description: | PAISLEY'S GLASGOW
Button worn on the uniform of the shipping company R & J Craig of Glasgow. Gilt brass domed button with a rope twist outer border and raised inner border. The words ?COUNTY LINE? appear above a tricolour rectangular flag. The flag has three horizontal stripes: red on top (indicated by vertical shading), white in the centre (indicated by no shading) and blue on the bottom (indicated by horizontal shading). The white stripe contains a saltire (unsure of colour). Everything 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 List of House Flags? 1882 (No. 275, page 16).
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | buttons County Line | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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