Buttons
Category
Costume
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, silver, cotton string and paper
Measurements
12 mm (Depth); 22 mm (Diameter)
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 1546172
Summary
A collection of 8 brass buttons with silver thistle decoration on the top. Likely from a Scottish military uniform. All are stamped on the back with the maker 'Sherlock & Co, Covent Garden London'. The brass and silver is tarnished on all buttons. They are all tied together with cotton string and there is part of a label still attached that reads ' THE "GLENCOE" TAG'.