Accession No

1396

Brief Description

Barton’s iris button, 19th C

Origin

Maker

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

metal (copper); wood; hide (leather); organic (cotton wool); glass

Dimensions

diameter 40mm; height 26mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

Description Notes

Circular leather disc faced with copper. Inscribed on the copper is a triangular tessellation.
Round wooden box with screwfit lid.
Paper label reads ‘1396 Barton button Brewsters Optics Pat. Specn’ (presumably patent specification)

Condition good; complete (?)

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