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Description: | Late Post Medieval Victorian copper alloy three part livery button. Damaged inscription on the rear appears to read ]RMING[ ]ON(ED)[ ]NOC[, from this it is deduced that the button was manufactured in Birmingham. The outer face is domed and depicts a shield with tasselled cords above it. The coat of arms on the shield is an even armed cross ending in tri lobed terminals, with a small bird in the field in each quadrant. The field within the shield comprises of close set thin parallel horizontal lines. The cross is standing atop what may be a coronet or a fifth songbird. The coat of arms seems to be too specific to be a decorative generic one. It is probably a municipal livery button but may be from a large, possibly aristocratic, household. Probably dates to between c1837 and c1901 AD.The diameter is 28mm and the weight 6.65g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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