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Shire of Toodyay > Records

BRASS BUTTON WITH HORSE MOTIF

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c. 1800

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Costume accessories

Overview

Circular button with concave face and a raised horse motif. A tiny number 5 is engraved on the front.
Identified as coming from a civilian riding jacket. Shank is not there and appears to have been centre back.
Maker stamped around back edge.
Brass has split across the lower edge of button.

Historical information

The die was still available in the 1980s when the button was taken to the Police Historical Museum in Bristol, UK for identification by Jenny Allen, museum curator at the time.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2000.45

Item type

Material

Width

2.5000 cm

Themes

Inscriptions and markings

Made by Hammond, Turner, Sons.

Keywords

Year

c. 1800

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Shire of Toodyay

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