Context (Display)
Mounted on a display board of unknown date but likely to be early-mid 20th century
Event Date
Author: RAchel hand

Description (Physical description)
AR 1915.132-5 notes 'Four sets of hand-made mother-of-pearl buttons for shirts and coats'.
Event Date 1915
Author: RAchel hand

Description (Labels & Markings)
Display board annotated at top in pencil '134'.
Event Date 1915
Author: RAchel hand

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten paper label adhered to display board notes in black ink 'ENGLISH. Early 19th century. Set of hand-made mother-of-pearl shirt buttons/ Mr S.T. Cowles/ R. 1914.135'.
Event Date 1915
Author: RAchel hand

Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloging Project on Post Medieval 'To be disposed of' Material by David Kay in the MAA archive (Doc.474) for background inforrmation
Event Date 2019
Author: RAchel hand

Context (Other)
Also accessioned as 1915.134 and 1915.231.1-4 but these numbers have also been allocated to other objects and so the Annual Report Number has been used as the primary identifier
Event Date 2/6/2025
Author: RAchel hand

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten in pencil on the rear of display board 'Old Pearl Shirt Button English, 1915.' The number '231' has been encircled
Event Date 2/6/2025
Author: RAchel hand

Description (Physical description)
Set of 24 small, circular pearl shell buttons decorated with incised straight and curvilinear lines and a variety of 2 and 4 holes for attachment. Currently sewn to a plain paper-wrapped historic display board
Event Date 2/6/2025
Author: RAchel hand