Button Collection (page 2)

Second World War Trench Art lighter - bullet-shaped
Second World War Trench Art lighter in the shape of a 20 mm. shell with an RAF great-coat button on top. Trench Art

Military aviation button with eagle and crown
A metal military aviation button, depicting a flying eagle with a crown above. Made by Morton & Crowder Ltd, Birmingham. Date: 20th century

Skull and crossbones military button
A small skull and crossbones military button, probably from the uniform of the 17th/21st Lancers, a British cavalry regiment formed in 1922. Their motto was Death Or Glory. Date: circa 1930s

Elegant Ladies in Shower
Costumes by Doeuillet: narrow line skirts with wrap-over front or button detail & tunic style belted jackets. Hats: cocked brim & flat crown or tall cloche style with plume

Pictogram with comic verse on a Christmas card
Pictogram (The Times newspaper, a button, a joint of mutton) with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Advert for London Shoe Company 1898
A selection of victorian boots, real whale skin for shooting, ladys field boot made from tan or blacking calf, button or lace, smart toe brogues

Charles-Claude Flahaut de la Billarderie, comte d Angiviller (1730-1809). Director of the Batiments du Roi. Portrait by Joseph-Siffred Duplessis (1725-1802). 1780-1789. National Museum of Denmark

John Tyler, Jr. (1790-1862). American politician. 10th President of the United States (1841-1845). Portrait (1859) by George Peter Alexander Healy (1813-1894). National Portrait Gallery

Woman police officer on the phone in a police station
Woman police officer (Maggie Coombs) on the telephone in a police station. Date: circa late 1970s

Pearly Kings and Queens gather at their patron church of St Martin-in-the-Fields for their charity work

Pearly Queens
Pearly Kings and Queens gather at their patron church of St Martin-in-the-Fields for their charity work

Second World War Trench Art lighter on wooden plinth with Royal Naval coat button on top. Trench Art

American ladies coat fashion 1924
Collection of 1920s American coats, from a clothing catalogue. Date: 1924

Teeth of Lepidotes
Shown here is a specimen of the button-like teeth of the fish Lepidotes originating from Israel

Fuegians
Three Fuegians: Fuegia Basket, Jemmy Button and York Minster. Jemmy Button is centre right portrait. Taken from Charles Darwin: The Man and his Warfare

Ivory Coast - Scarification
Scarification on a womans belly in the form of a large spider. The woman is from the Bobo Tribe in Ivory Coast

Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover, The Alien Room
THE ALIEN ROOM - Climbers find a spaceship on Everest - they enter it, one of them presses a button and whoosh ! off to Outer Space !

Lion cub with telephone
Unusual Friends - lion cub with telephone. 1950s

Twelve buttons associated with L / Cpl J R Dixon
Twelve buttons associated with L/Cpl J R Dixon, 12th (County of London) Bn The London Regiment (The Rangers), 1917 (c). Date: 1917 (circa)

Alfs Button, a play by W A Darlington, a version of the Aladdin story. First produced Portsmouth, 25 August 1924, then Golders Green, London, 22 September 1924, then the Princes Theatre

Forage cap, peaked pillbox, West India Regiment, 189
Forage cap, peaked pillbox, warrant officers? or senior non commissioned officers?, West India Regiment, 1895 (c).Blue cloth crown and sides

Greetings card in the shape of galoshes or overshoes. Date: circa 1890s

Man in a cap on a place card
Man in a cap, smoking a pipe, on a place card. Date: circa 1890s

Advert for Debenham & Freebody womens garments 1917
Debenham & Freebody advert for womens blouses with sailor collar, and loose tie, sailor jumper blouse and loose jumper blouse with small buttons to the side. 1917

Ancient radio receiver. Brand Invicta

Egyptian button of a chest. New Kingdom
Button of a chest with the cartouche of Tiy. New Kingdom. 18th Dynasty. 1388-1351 BC. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

Eugenio Espejo (1747-1795). Engraving
Eugenio Espejo (1747-1795). Portrait. Engraving. 18th century. Aurelio Espinosa Polit File Library. Quito. Cotocollao. Ecuador

David Glasgow Farragut (1801-1870). U. S. Navy officer
David Glasgow Farragut (1801-1870). U.S. Navy officer during the Civil War. Portrait by William Swain (1803-1847), 1838. National Portrait Gallery. Washington D.C. United States

Evaristo Arnus y de Ferrer (1820-1890). Spanish financier. Engraving. Coloured

Chess Board Frock 1930S
A silk dress with a high neck line and full, 3/4-length sleeves in a brown and white chess board check design. Worn with gauntlets & a belt with pointed ends & button fastener Date: 1930s

Model with Fox Terrier
Military style tunic in lime green with epaulettes & button detail worn with a box-pleated skirt in pale lime & bottle green & a tiny hat with veil. N.B Wire haired fox terrier. Date: late 1930s

Costume / Lacourriere 90S
Green spotted tunic: wrap over bodice & fur trim over a high- necked black dress. Costume bodice: short basques, gigot sleeves, pockets, gored skirt, button detail, large revers. Date: 1890s

Ball Dress 1899
Gold low cut gown with shoulder straps (tied into bows), roses worn on the corsage, draped lace edge panel to the skirt, lace applique & purple ruched trim Date: 1899

Advert for Jays womens coats 1923
Utra-smart autumn race coat, single breasted with two large buttons, high stand wide collar with fur trim and also to cuffs. 1923

Addison / Hogarth / Buttons
JOSEPH ADDISON Essayist, poet and statesman at Buttons Coffee House in Covent Garden, London Date: 1672 - 1719

Richard Cumberland / Clovr
RICHARD CUMBERLAND English dramatist, essayist, pamphleteer and novelist Date: 1732 - 1811

Advertisement for Bri-Lon sports shirts
Advert for sports shirts in Bri-Nylon by Fred Perry Sportswear, and on the right, a button-through sports shirt in Bri-Nylon by Marathon. Date: 1966

Shoe design in brown and beige. Date: circa 1930s

Shoe design in brown and blue. Date: circa 1930s

Shoe design in blue and green. Date: circa 1930s

Cartoon, German women gossipping, WW1
Cartoon, German women gossipping about a diner in a restaurant -- He must be a horrible French spy! Hes eating his veal without jam! Date: 1915

Suffragette W. S. P. U Badge Emmeline Pankhurst
Celluloid badge or button with a photograph portrait of Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, (made by Merchants Portrait Co.) for the Womens Social & Political Union. Date: circa 1908

Emergency call button in telephone box
The emergency call button in a public telephone box -- just press the button and ask for Fire, Ambulance or Police. No number or coins required

Two pounder pom pom shell case base - Army Service Cap
A two pounder pom pom shell case base made into an Army Service Cap with a Royal Artillery button in its centre. Trench Art

Button hook made from a WWI bullet case
Button hook made from a First World War bullet case with a fixed Officers coat badge and sleeve button. Trench Art

A coal-scuttle made from two types of shell cases (one a 2 pounder) and a naval button with the engraved inscription - HMS Maenad, Jutland, 31st May 1916. HMS Maenad was a Moon (M) class destroyer

Ole Bill printed fabric doll with wood and button detail, representing the First World War character by Bruce Bairnsfather

Letter opener Engraved Souvenir de la Campagne L Artois
Letter opener. Engraved Souvenir de la Campagne L Artois 1914, 15, 16 with a General Service button on the bullet handle and a French artillery button on the base. Trench Art

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