https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/templates/general_wide/img/logo.png https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buttons-and-cuff-links.html https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buttons-and-cuff-links/decorated-buttons/clan-button-59119.html Mon, 19 Jan 2026 17:13:09 GMT Decorated buttons  

Description:		A square copper-alloy 'clan' button from a Scottish jacket. The button is of two-piece construction and depicts a heraldic device surrounded by an inscription in Gaelic lettering. The heraldic device is a round shield bearing the Scottish lion rampant over a crossed sword and battle-axe. The Gaelic inscription is ClAnn nAn GAel / An GuAllibh A Cheile (the Gaelic G looks like a number 3), which translates as "Family of the Gael, shoulder to shoulder." The front of the button is umbonate; the back has a circular recess, at the centre of which the (intact) wire shank is brazed or soldered. It is back-marked with the maker's mark, SWORD MAKE - MADE IN ENGLAND. There is a crossed sword trademark (registered in 1893) between the first two words.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Buttons and cuff-links, Decorated buttons
Category:		Decorated buttons

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buttons-and-cuff-links/decorated-buttons/button-59093.html Tue, 30 Dec 2025 21:44:10 GMT Decorated buttons  

Description:		A tiny cast two-piece button with separate embedded copper-alloy wire shank. The front of the button is slightly convex and depicts a crown (or similarly shaped motif) in sunken relief. The back is flat and plain, and the shank consists of a simple U-shaped loop. The design is very worn and indistinct, suggesting that the metal may be a soft alloy. Note There are possible traces of an inscription in relief around the design (reading (?) IMPERIAL at top), but too worn to be certain. Possibly a toy uniform button.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Buttons and cuff-links, Decorated buttons
Category:		Decorated buttons

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buttons-and-cuff-links/decorated-buttons/coin-button-59075.html Fri, 19 Dec 2025 18:50:23 GMT Decorated buttons  

Description:		A two-piece copper-alloy button in the form of a commemorative medalet marking Queen Victoria's golden jubilee. The button has a die-stamped front and a separate soldered wire shank in the form of a simple loop. The design depicts the crowned head of Victoria facing left and has the inscription VICTORIA JUBILEE 1887.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Buttons and cuff-links, Decorated buttons
Category:		Decorated buttons

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buttons-and-cuff-links/decorated-buttons/button-45780.html Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMT Decorated buttons  

Description:		A die-stamped two-piece button with separate brazed/soldered shank; circular; flat; a central fleuret on a pelleted field, all within a raised border; simple looped wire shank; unclear if backmarked; originally gilded.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Buttons and cuff-links, Decorated buttons
Category:		Decorated buttons

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buttons-and-cuff-links/plain-buttons/button-59044.html Thu, 27 Nov 2025 14:54:08 GMT Plain buttons  

Description:		A large plain one-piece lead/tin alloy button of post-medieval date. The button has a convex (domed) front, a flat back with mould joint line present, and an as-cast shank. The loop of the shank retains a corroded iron chain-link.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Buttons and cuff-links, Plain buttons
Category:		Plain buttons

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buttons-and-cuff-links/uniform-family-livery/livery-button-59033.html Sun, 23 Nov 2025 12:08:08 GMT Uniform - family livery  

Description:		A die-struck two-piece livery button, originally with separate brazed/soldered shank, now missing. The front of the button depicts an earl's coronet above an ornate letter 'D' in flowing script. The back is stamped with a maker's mark, but it is now illegible. The button is flat and retains part of its original silver-plated finish. The button is most likely from livery of Edward Digby, 2nd Earl of Digby (1773-1856), whose family seat was Sherborne Castle, Dorset, about fourteen miles from the find spot.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Buttons and cuff-links, Uniform - family livery
Category:		Uniform - family livery

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buttons-and-cuff-links/uniform-military/military-uniform-button-voluntarios-realistas-58965.html Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:41:23 GMT Uniform - military  

Description:		A military uniform button of the Spanish Voluntarios Realistas (Royalist Volunteers). The button was originally flat, but is now distorted. It appears to be of two-piece construction, but the method of manufacture is uncertain. The front depicts three fleurs-de-lis, surmounted by a crown, all on a field of radiance. The back is plain, but shows signs of filing. The shank is trapezoidal with a rectangular cross-section and a drilled hole. The Voluntarios Realistas were typically loyal to the Bourbon monarchy and opposed liberal or revolutionary movements.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Buttons and cuff-links, Uniform - military
Category:		Uniform - military

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buttons-and-cuff-links/decorated-buttons/button-58938.html Sun, 19 Oct 2025 12:15:48 GMT Decorated buttons  

Description:		A cast two-piece tombac button with separate embedded iron-wire shank, of which only stumps remain. The button is flat with a rounded edge to the front and lathe tool marks visible on the back. The front is engraved with a stylised eight-petalled flower.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Buttons and cuff-links, Decorated buttons
Category:		Decorated buttons

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buttons-and-cuff-links/uniform-family-livery/livery-button-58929.html Mon, 13 Oct 2025 18:58:48 GMT Uniform - family livery  

Description:		A die-formed three-piece livery button with crimped joint and separate fitted wire shank. The front of the button is convex and depicts the lozenge-shaped heraldic arms of a remarried widow heiress (see below). The back is flat and stamped with the maker's name, JENNENS & Co LONDON, plus the Prince of Wales plume. The heraldic arms are those of Lady Guendolen Theresa Chetwynd-Talbot, daughter of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 19th Earl of Shrewsbury. Lady Guendolen was born in 1856 and married her first husband, Colonel Edward Chaplin, in 1877. However, Edward died in 1883, and in 1887, she married Major Archibald Cosmo Little. In 1891, Archibald inherited Upton House, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, from his father's estate, and it became the couple’s primary residence until their deaths: Archibald died there in 1934 and Guendolen in 1937. The respective heraldic bearings of Archibald (quarters 1 & 3), Edward (quarters 2 & 3) and Lady Guendolen herself (escutcheon in centre), are as described in Image 4. Jennens & Co stamped their buttons with the Prince of Wales plume from 1860, implying the grant of a royal warrant. The company merged with Messrs Gaunt & Sons in 1924. Following from the above, the button can be dated between 1887 and 1924.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Buttons and cuff-links, Uniform - family livery
Category:		Uniform - family livery

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buttons-and-cuff-links/uniform-military/uniform-button-royal-marine-artillery-58928.html Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:32:38 GMT Uniform - military  

Description:		A die-struck two-piece copper-alloy uniform button of the Royal Marine Artillery. The front of the button is slightly convex and depicts a crown over a fouled anchor, flanked on either side by a grenade, all between two crossed leafy sprays and below the inscription, 'ROYAL MARINES'. The back of the button is recessed and stamped with the maker's name, DOUGHTY & Co LONDON. The separate soldered shank is missing. See also UKDFD 42111.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Buttons and cuff-links, Uniform - military
Category:		Uniform - military

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