Buttons Collection (page 3)

America - General Buttons Marching To Saratoga
Etching Of General Buttons During The American War of Independence Date: 1777

Swiss bride and groom in costume, Lucerne. Date: circa 1800

Two Swiss women and a man in costume - young middle class man and woman, with a bride in the middle. Date: circa 1650

Young woman with small dog in studio portrait. Date: early 20th century

Wedding of Rosamund Fisher and Lord Coleridge
Wedding (in the Henry VIII Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London) on 28 August 1936 - Rosamund Fisher, daughter of Admiral Sir William Wordsworth Fisher, and Captain Richard Duke Coleridge. 1936

Queen Victorias uniform, 1st VC Presentation Parade
Uniform worn by Queen Victoria at the first Victoria Cross Presentation Parade on 14 June 1856. 1856

French postcard, Marshal Foch, WW1
French postcard, Marshal Foch, Our Conqueror, First World War. circa 1918

Lawyers books, brief and wig in a leather chair. Date: circa 1990s

Alberto da Silveira, WW1 Minister of War, Portugal
Alberto Carlos da Silveira (1859-1927), Portuguese military leader and politician, Minister of War during the First World War. Date: circa 1915

Stitchcraft magazine cover, Womans Fashion Knitwear
Stitchcraft magazine cover, April 1970 -- Womans Fashion Knitwear. 1970

GPO Post Office female worker in uniform in a studio photo - Postwoman No.1, possibly in Beverley, Yorkshire. Date: circa 1910

Portrait of LFB fireman DC12, in uniform, with his brass helmet under his arm. Date: circa 1920s

Comic Postcard - Dog called Buttons
Comic postcard - Why do you call your dog, BUTTONS? Owner - Because its so often attached to TROUSERS circa 1920s

Button-making, Elliots Button Factory, Birmingham 1844
Women working at long benches stamping, pressing and punching on buttons at Elliots Factory, Birmingham. Date: 1844

Button Making, Elliotts Factory, Birmingham 1844
A woman sits in front of a gilding oven at Elliotts Button Factory, Birmingham. The buttons are coated in a mixture of mercury and gold

FANCY STITCH JUMPER 1936
Jumper in rib & a fancy stitch with a square neckline & 3 button fastening. The buttons look like pebbles. Worn with a tweed skirt. Date: 1936

18th century Mercer - Costume
A travelling salesman hawks his wares: ribbons, buttons, pins, feathers, braids, cloth & all manner of trinkets for female adornment. Date: 18th century

FALL / TIBETAN TERRIER / 35
BUTTONS OF LADKOK Sitting down. Owned by Mrs A. R. Greig. Date: 1935

Costume - Diabolo 1817
Man: blue coat with gold buttons, lapels & split cuffs; light coloured pantaloons (trousers). Woman: white muslin dress with ruff, hem decorated with lace & rouleaux Date: 1817

Coldstream Guard on sentry duty. Date: circa 1970s

Portrait of a French soldier, WW1
Portrait of a French soldier during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Dorothy Peto, first Woman Superintendent, Met Police
Dorothy Olivia Georgiana Peto (1886-1974), first Woman Superintendent in the London Metropolitan Police. She served from 1930 until 1946, receiving the OBE in 1920 and the Kings Police Medal in 1944

Two women police officers in new bowler hat, London
Two women police officers (Deborah Barnes on right) in the mix and match uniform introduced in 1977, wearing the reinforced bowler hat introduced in 1985. Date: circa 1985

Eight women police officers in new Surrey uniform
Eight women police officers posing in the new Surrey uniform introduced in 1973. The jacket was single-breasted with four buttons, trousers were introduced as an option

Male and female police officers on duty in London, walking along a pavement with traffic on the road in the background. The WPC (Siobhan Clark)

Two women police officers in updated uniform, London
Two women police officers posing in the updated uniform introduced in 1977, with a range of mix and match options. The checkered cravat replaced the bow tie, though here the cravat is not patterned

Male and female police officers in a London street, with a building called Benson Court behind them (probably in N19). The WPC is wearing the reinforced bowler hat introduced in 1985

Women police officers at passing out parade, London
Two women police officers in uniform, with medals, at a Cadet School passing out parade, London, in the summer of 1981. Date: 1981

Studio portrait, young Edwardian woman in a large hat. Date: circa 1900s

Pearly King collecting for Arthritis Research charity

Admirals of the British Navy, WW1
The Sure Shield of Britain -- twelve Admirals of the British Navy on the outbreak of the First World War. They are: Rear Admirals Wemyss, Dudley De Chair, Warrender, King Hall, Limpus

East African Woman - Braided Hair, shell necklace
East African Woman with Braided Hair, shell necklace and extensive additional face and neck jewellery. Date: circa 1930s

Mr Punch with an open book on a cutout Christmas card, showing a picture of his dog, Toby. circa 1890s

Soldier in grey and yellow uniform on a greetings card
Soldier in grey and yellow uniform on a cutout greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a waistcoat
Christmas card in the shape of a pink and white patterned waistcoat. Date: circa 1890s

Postman delivering a letter on a Victorian scrap
Postman delivering a letter and some roses on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Two women police officers in a London street
Two women police officers walking along a London street, going past the Talbot Cafe. Date: circa 1920s

Guard on sentry duty, Edinburgh Castle, Scotland. Date: 1960s

Heil, Cinderella! The Wilton pantomime for the troops
Photographs from Heil, Cinderella, produced by Cecil Beaton in aid of a Comforts Fund for H.M. Forces. The cast include Lady Pembroke and her son Hon

Charles Samuel Egerton, London fireman
Charles Samuel Egerton, fireman with the Metropolitan (London) Fire Brigade, in a head and shoulders portrait (see also 10535448 and 10535449). circa 1903

Girl and boy with snowman on a Christmas postcard
Girl and boy with a snowman on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card, Three children sliding with dog. 20th century

Five police officers, including Inspector Helen Hunt, who is wearing the Norman Hartnell style womens uniform introduced in 1968

Male and female police officers at an inspection parade
Police officers (including one woman) taking part in an inspection parade, Met Police, London. Date: circa early 1960s

CS Winifred Barker and Superintendent Shirley Becke
Winifred Theodora Barker (c1909-1995), third commander of the Met Police A4 (Women s) Branch, rising to the rank of Chief Superintendent in 1960

Women police officers at a bowling alley, possibly taking part in a competition. They are, from left to right, Margaret Newbon, Monica Ryan, Jennifer Smith, Alison Blair and WPS Roberta Strickland

Police officers relaxing, Met Police, London
A group of male and female police officers, some of them sergeants, relaxing in a rest room, some reading newspapers or books, others chatting. Among them, on the right, is WPS Beatrice Bygrave

Chief Superintendent Winifred Barker in her office
Winifred Theodora Barker (c1909-1995), third commander of the Met Police A4 (Women s) Branch, rising to the rank of Chief Superintendent in 1960

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