Hi all. I am trying to ID this button, but am having trouble doing so. Does anyone recognise the crown? I think it is foreign but it is made by Firmin. Any ideas would be great. Cheers.
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Hi all. I am trying to ID this button, but am having trouble doing so. Does anyone recognise the crown? I think it is foreign but it is made by Firmin. Any ideas would be great. Cheers.
Sorry for the late reply!
But to me it is a button used by nobility, generaly for the household staff uniforms.
Silver would be for out side staff; chauffeur, garden, forestry. Gold for the staff that work inside the house.../castle/manor(!).
cheers
|<ris
sorry for this even more delayed reply, stuka is correct.
It is a livery button, the "crown" is the marking for a "coronet" of a Viscount.
It's a livery button as already said, the crown is that of a Viscount and the letter appears to be a 'C'. That might very well indicate Viscount Cobham, as Firmin & Sons are known to have produced livery buttons for that family. Which Viscount of the lineage I can't say, there's been 12 up until now, and the design has changed over the various generations.
Regards, Ned.
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