This book differs from most other publications on buttons, in that examples of metal button-like objects and buttons dating between c.900 BC - c.AD 1700 are subjected to a detailed manufactory analysis, each being described both textually and illustratively. Although not foolproof, this information is essential for the dress historian, button collector, archaeologist, museum curator, dealer, or anyone with an interest, seeking to gauge the age of any particular button. About the Second Edition: The popularity of Metal Buttons c.900 BC - c.AD 1700, coupled with an accumulation of fresh material evidence from beneath British soil and the River Thames foreshore in London, prompted the compilation of this revised and updated second edition. Excluding preliminaries, printed pages are now 133, an increase of 28, with catalogued objects rising from 405 to 507, a gain of 102; other illustrations rise from 15 to 17. In the light of new knowledge, several categories of button have been reassigned. A few of the original buttons are eliminated due to their poor images, while colour photographs and/or archaeological drawings, along with text, describe all new material as well as the old. Among the fresh objects, some are unique in the known record, while others are apparently extremely rare.

Metal Buttons: c.900 BC - c. 1700 AD

History

Read, Brian

Europe

Portcullis Publishing

A never-before-attempted classification - a must for archaeologists, museum curators, dress historians and anyone involved with historical re-enactment. Periods covered: Roman, early medieval, late medieval and early post-medieval. Principal illustrators: Nick Griffiths and Patrick Read. Foreword by Geoff Egan of the Museum of London

Hooked-Clasps and Eyes

Politics & Social Sciences

Archaeology

This book differs from most other publications on buttons, in that examples of metal button-like objects and buttons dating between c.900 BC - c.AD 1700 are subjected to a detailed manufactory analysis, each being described both textually and illustratively. Although not foolproof, this information is essential for the dress historian, button collector, archaeologist, museum curator, dealer, or anyone with an interest, seeking to gauge the age of any particular button.
 About the Second Edition: The popularity of Metal Buttons c.900 BC - c.AD 1700, coupled with an accumulation of fresh material evidence from beneath British soil and the River Thames foreshore in London, prompted the compilation of this revised and updated second edition. Excluding preliminaries, printed pages are now 133, an increase of 28, with catalogued objects rising from 405 to 507, a gain of 102; other illustrations rise from 15 to 17. In the light of new knowledge, several categories of button have been reassigned. A few of the original buttons are eliminated due to their poor images, while colour photographs and/or archaeological drawings, along with text, describe all new material as well as the old. Among the fresh objects, some are unique in the known record, while others are apparently extremely rare.

Metal buttons: c.900 BC - c.1700 AD

This is the first reference book that deals specifically with all types of sewing-thimble made from copper-alloy or silver, or either of these metals combined with iron or steel, and found in Britain: also included is a seemingly rare gold specimen. Domed, ring-type and open-top (here the latter classed as a new type) sewing-thimbles are described, among them unusual examples and others previously absent from the known record. From Britain the earliest reliable dating for these humble yet fascinating tools is between c.1270 - c.1350, and continues through the medieval and early post-medieval period and into the 18th and 19th centuries. Dating from at least the 17th century, subjected to detailed attention is the largely neglected sailmakers' and sailors' palm-iron, a heavy-duty tool made from either iron, steel or copper alloy. Also described are the two known types of silver or copper-alloy finger guard, an 18th - 19th century tool used in conjunction with finer sewing-thimbles. The majority of sewing-thimbles and other sewing-tools catalogued here are credited to metal-detectorists or members of The Society of Thames Mudlarks, who also use metal-detectors. To show constructional detail, each object is archaeologically drawn. This information is essential for metal-detectorists, archaeologists, museum curators, sewing-tool collectors and dealers, or anyone with an interest, seeking to gauge the type or age of any particular sewing-thimble or palm-iron.

Metal Sewing-Thimbles Found in Britain (Archaeopress Archaeology)

Archaeopress Archaeology

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Metal Buttons: c.900 BC - c. 1700 AD

Hooked-Clasps and Eyes

Metal buttons: c.900 BC - c.1700 AD

Metal Sewing-Thimbles Found in Britain (Archaeopress Archaeology)