Button card, Buttons of polished steel with a pearl star topped with a bead of straw, sealed on a paper card, Eighteen buttons of polished steel with a guilloche star of pearl topped with a bead of rhinestone, sealed on a paper card. The ring of polished steel has faceted pearls. Above the ring the star of mother-of-pearl with in the middle a bead of faceted glass on metal (rhinestone). The knots are punctured by a thick paper card and fixed at the back and connected by a rope that is knotted and provided with sealing varnish. These buttons were probably never used and were offered for sale in this way., anonymous, Germany (possibly), c. 1800 - c. 1825, knoop, kaart, touw, zegel, striking (metalworking), d 3.7 cm l 22.8 cm × w 15 cm
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Button card, Buttons, polished steel, pearl star topped, bead, straw, sealed, paper card, Eighteen buttons, guilloche star, pearl topped, rhinestone, ring, faceted pearls, star, mother-of-pearl, middle, faceted glass, metal, knots, punctured, thick paper card, fixed, back, connected, rope, knotted, provided, sealing varnish, buttons, never, offered, sale, way, Germany, c, 1800, 1825, knoop, kaart, touw, zegel, striking, metalworking
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