Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten in pencil on reverse of board: '1915' and 'Mother of pearl shirt buttons hand made 1st half of 19th cent. Mr. S. J. Cowles' and 'Old Pearl Shirt Buttons. English'
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Author: Eve K Haddow

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten on paper label in ink attached to board: 'ENGLISH. Earth 19th century Set of hand-made mother-of-pearl shirt buttons. Mr S.T. Cowles. R. 1915.135.'
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Author: Eve K Haddow

Context (Display)
Object mounted with metal wire on plain paper-wrapped display board.
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Author: Eve K Haddow

Description (Physical description)
Annual Report, 1915, for numbers 132-135: 'Four sets of hand-made mother-of-pearl buttons for shirts and coats, English, early 19th century.' [Also described in Accession register 4 (Archaeology) under items 163-166]
Event Date 1915
Author: Eve K Haddow

Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed of' Material', by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Eve K Haddow

Description (Physical description)
Twenty-one two- and four-hole handmade mother-of-pearl shell shirt buttons, attached to a paper wrapped board using thin wire in seven rows of three. Each button differently carved and incised.
Event Date 2/6/2025
Author: Eve K Haddow