File:Button (back) (FindID 400218).jpg

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button (back)
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Royal Institution of Cornwall, Anna Tyacke, 2010-07-23 17:17:45
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button (back)
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English: Pressed and stamped three-part hollow domed brass button with separate soldered attachment loop, embossed with the letters G.W.R., for Great Western Railway, and on the back stamped with the maker's name: COMPTON.SONS & WEBB Ltd. LONDON.

This company made army issue clothing and police uniforms under the name J. Compton Sons & Webb from the beginning of the 1930s, but seems to change to Compton Sons & Webb after the Second World War, although is still referred to as J Compton Sons & Webb until 1978 when it was bought up. The style of the lettering on the button suggests that it dates from c.1901-1934 according to various websites selling GWR brass buttons, and compared to railway buttons illustrated in Meredith & Cuddeford (1997) on page 19, No.2, from Somerset and Dorset, which dates from 1875 to 1930, and a GWR button, No.5, with more recent design, dating from 1934 to 1948.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cornwall
Date between 1901 and 1934
date QS:P571,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1901-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1934-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 400218
Old ref: CORN-9BA565
Filename: buttons 004.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/290661
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/290661/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/400218
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