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Seventeen small horn button blanks

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufactured for
James Grove & Sons
Date
2000 (circa)

Horn tip toggles

Designer (Organisation)
James Grove & Sons
Manufacturer
James Grove & Sons
Date
2013 (circa)

String of stag horn buttons

Designer (Organisation)
James Grove & Sons
Manufacturer
James Grove & Sons
Date
2013 (circa)

Laser engraved horn buttons

Designer (Organisation)
James Grove & Sons
Manufacturer
James Grove & Sons
Date
2013 (circa)

Card of 12 horn buttons

Designer (Organisation)
James Grove & Sons
Manufacturer
James Grove & Sons
Date
2013 (circa)

Card of 3 horn buttons

Designer (Organisation)
James Grove & Sons
Manufacturer
James Grove & Sons
Date
2013 (circa)

Eleven horn button blanks

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufactured for
James Grove & Sons
Date
2000 (circa)
Front view of a record showing the cover.

Shellac recording of Alfredo and his Band

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Manufactured for
Edison Bell Radio
Date
1928 - 1931 (circa)

Parasol handle

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1800 - 1899 (circa)

Shellac recording of Buddy Prince

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Manufactured for
Piccadilly Records
Date
1928 - 1932 (circa)
Front view of a record showing side 1.

Shellac recording of Edmundo Ros and his Rumba Band

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Manufactured for
Decca
Date
1951 (circa)

Shellac recording of Stanley Kirkby and Harry Hudson

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Manufactured for
The Winner
Date
1912 - 1925 (circa)

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Images

  • Has images 508
  • No images 20

Classification

  • house and garden 117
  • office and workplace 87
  • fashion and costume 71
  • smoking 70
  • health, care and grooming 55
  • plastics samples and industry 50
  • textiles 29
  • animals and pets 17
  • audio visual 13
  • sports, leisure and hobbies 13
  • travel and holiday 7
  • printed, written and drawn material 2
  • promotional material 2
  • toys and games 2

Date

  • 1800-1899 327
  • 1900-1999 184

Material

  • plastic (natural) 528
    • horn 494
    • shellac 14
    • tortoiseshell 8
    • gutta percha 6
    • amber 1
  • animal 507
  • metal 85
  • glass 12
  • textile 6
  • wood 6
  • paper 5
  • other 3
  • polyamide 3
  • casein formaldehyde 2
  • unidentified 2
  • composition 2
  • urea formaldehyde 2
  • polystyrene 2
  • melamine formaldehyde 2
  • rubber 2
  • polyester 2
  • polypropylene 2
  • cellulose acetate 2
  • cellulose nitrate 1

Method

  • polished 83
  • pressed 61
  • shaved 56
  • cut 55
  • hollowed out 47
  • filed 25
  • turned 15
  • moulded 8
  • drilled 7
  • carved 7
  • engraved 5
  • compression moulded 4
  • handmade 2
  • stained 2
  • cast 1
  • extruded 1
  • pierced 1
  • unknown 1

Person

  • U 264
  • O 6
  • L 3
  • B 2
  • M 2
  • I 1
  • W 1

Organisation

  • U 236
  • J 16
  • D 10
  • O 7
  • T 7
  • S 5
  • B 4
  • P 3
  • H 2
  • E 2
  • F 2
  • C 2
  • A 1
  • G 1
  • I 1
  • N 1
  • R 1
  • W 1

Country

  • uk 94
  • unknown 76
  • france 5
  • usa 3
  • india 2
  • the netherlands 2
  • germany 1
  • indonesia 1
  • malaya 1
  • russia 1

Colour

  • brown 132
  • cream 72
  • black 52
  • silver 10
  • gold 7
  • yellow 5
  • white 4
  • multi-coloured 3
  • green 2
  • grey 2
  • blue 1
  • orange 1
  • pink 1
  • red 1

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