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. . Gaps:as shewn and Bm. after 1973. Ln.after 1977. Copies; L1967,L1970,L1971 need alpha checking Not in; L1977. Buttons Limited was formed in 1907, [ provisional agreement for the formation of Buttons Ltd by the amalgamating companies, on 5th day of November, 1907, is confirmed in TLG 28100 17 January 1908 ], in order that the amalgamating companies might be better able to compete in the home and foreign markets as reported by H.C.Marshall.BL's.27/14. It was not until 1909 that the individual companies, comprising Buttons Limited: Thomas Carlyle Ltd.; Harrison & Smith Ltd. ; Plant, Green & Manton Ltd. advertised in the BME's. under their amalgamation name. Each of the aforementioned companies were well established in the trade and had taken over other companies premise and or businesses in the course of their histories. It would appear from the following that the company were capable of making all sorts of buttons. William Aston's Birmingham CD's Speciality Listing: General 1849-1881 and took out patents: Aston,William. 7/ 9 /1862: 2705;fabric/metal des.p62. Aston,William. 1 /11/1864: 2703;fabric/metal des.shk.p80. Aston,William. 9 /8 /1865: 2066;fabric/metal. Thomas Carlyle In the London BME’s 1893-1894 lists: Mohair, Flexible, Metal & Ivory buttons and in Birmingham the speciality Listings are : Mohair, Flexible ,Buffalo Horn, Metal. 1881-1908; Ivory,1888-1908. Patents: Carlyle, T. & Carlyle, J. M. 25/6/1896: 14,060; glass or plastic. with E.& W's type shanks. William Elliott Birmingham Speciality Listing: Gilt & Plated. 1816-1842 Silk & Florentine.1835-1839. Elliott, William. 14/12/1837: 7508; faces of covd.with flexi/s.p51. see Aston,J. & Elliott, W. Elliott, William. 4 /6 /1844: 10,217. covd. impr. p Elliott, William. 16/10/1845: 10,883. covd.impr. +comp.+shk. Elliott, William. 19/12/1851: 13,871; covd.‑serated b/p. p143. Harrison & Smith Birmingham CD's speciality Listings: Metal. 1881-1908; Military, Naval, Railway, Police, Livery & Crest. 1886-1908; Ivory, 1902-1908; Trouser, 1886-1908; Patentees, 1882 only. H. J. Iliffe, Patents: Iliffe, Henry Jeremiah & Newman, James. 31/8 /1853: 2023;covd.+shk crimp. p164. Iliffe, Henry Jeremiah, Newman, James. & Jenkins, Henry.29/9/1853: 2230; ball ++. p166‑167. Iliff, Henry Jeremiah. & Brough. Nehemiah.30/1 /1854: 221,ppo. prongs. p171. Iliffe, Henry Jeremiah & Newman, James. 23/4 /1855: 909; covd. p186. Iliffe, Henry Jeremiah & Newman, James. 19/7 /1856: 1713ppo.;covd. front securing skeleton blanks. Charles Iliffe patents: Iliffe, C. 9/1 /1859: 1639; covd. p33. Iliffe, C. 24/1 /1860: 175 J..S.Mantons' Speciality Listings: Plated 1866‑ Silk, Military, Gilt, Linen, Metal. 1880‑1900. Manton, J.S. & Islip, T. 26/11/1860: 2907; riveting & comp. p43.2 Watts, R. & Manton, J.S. 23/12/1869: 3359; fabric 2 hole. p34. Manton,J.S. & Manison, W.12/1 /1884: 1360; covd. p3. Patents:(for checking). Manton,A. 1886.see Figs. Manton,A.& Wheldon,W. 27/7 /1892:13,030; stud. p94. Plant and Green Patents: (for checking.) Plant, J. & Green, J.R. 3/10/1873: 3523; sew thru' linen. p The initial entry for Buttons Limited Birmingham 1909 Reads; `Manufacturers of all kinds of buttons including Linen, Livery, Crest, Buffalo horn, Military, Naval, Railway, Police, Ladies' Dress. Recently I found images of a sample book of fancy vest buttons at: http://people.smartchat. net.au/~greenwhat/BSwordbook/Samplebook.htm Which shews Shell and real stone buttons not mentioned in the listings above; the same site reports F1 & F4 on vegetable ivory; interestingly a page of glass buttons is also mentioned. I think the Book dates after 1903 because the picture of what looks like the Wright Flyer 3 with which the first powered flight was made and possibly even after WW1 because of the bathing suit on another button. Opinions anyone? Click the thumbnails to see a larger image. f1 f2 f1: A variation sans `Trade Mark' wording was registered, (for use in conjunction with jute yarns & jute smallwares,no.209,538), by Thomas Carlyle Ltd. on 25th.November 1897. Sc. TMJ. No1038.1897. Also appears: In the Buttons Limited BME. Birmingham,1909-1928. and London,1910-1960. Gap L1961. Numerous variations of F1 appear as backmarks on uniform buttons with or without `crossed swords' and or `sword make' . Obverse designs would indicate these were manufactured from pre 1902 to post 1952; perhaps one of the most significant of these is on: f2: `Thomas Carlyle.Aston Birmingham England'. Brass, F/S, 28L; proving its use by Carlyle on metal buttons prior to Buttons Limited who probably used this mark until they became a division of Francis Sumner ( Holdings ) Ltd.in 1964. I have also seen variations on small gilt costume: floral/abstract . designs and trouser buttons. f3 f3 .Registered (Classes 14 & 50, No.326.) on 8th. January 1876 by Robert Watts and John Shakespeare Manton, trading as Watts & Manton; they declared use of this mark from 1858. Sc.TMJ 3/2/1877. This design also appears in the Buttons Limited BME. Birmingham,1909. and London, 1910-1926. A simplified version ( swan and scroll bellow ) appears as a b/m. (1) details not available and Military Button Makers & Dealers. W.F. McGuinn & B.S.Bazelon Revised Ed. 1984 mentions the CS Navy large enlisted man's , mineral earth, coat button being marked `Manton's Patent' See UK Patents page. f4 f4: Registration details not available. Appears in the Buttons Limited BME entries Birmingham,1909-1927.London,1910-1926. Possibly used previously by one of the amalgamating Co,s. F5 F5.Registered (Class 50, No.1172.) on 22nd.January 1876 by Joseph Plant and Richard Green trading as Plant & Green. They declared use of this mark from c1870. Sc.TMJ.‑1876. This design also appears in the Buttons Limited BME. Birmingham,1909. and London, 1910-1926. f6 f7 F6 Registered (Class 50, No.29,870.) on 2nd December 1882 by Thomas Carlyle on behalf of self and partner John Mark Carlyle , trading as Thomas Carlyle. Sc.TMJ. 31/1/1883. I know of three types of buttons bearing this mark: two metal types with uniform obverses Royal Artillery Regiment Qvc. Brass Or's.F/S. and on Brigadiers and Colonels buttons, Kc. Brass crimp Geo.V. Known use is pre 1882 to post 1910. The third type are F7 covered, blackened ferrous,`collette' type buttons black linen with sacking tuft shank. 30L and 22L. I now know of examples of sporting/hunting buttons with this mark. F8 f9 F8. Registration details not available.I had* in my collection a sale card marked: `The Monster Card For The Million' with the sword Tm: `Crossed Swords, Sword Make.' attached to which, by what I believe to be the original wire, were four hole,cup type, trouser buttons,L, with the suspender obverse. I have found another but this card has the buttons sewn on - which doesn't necessarily mean that they are replacements or re-attached because the crossed Swords mark appears on cards with both types of attachment also, ( from my very fallible memory- I will get my old correspondence out of storage & check later...), Kay Jenkins told me that Button Ltd took delivery of a wire mounting machine in about 1911 or 1912? F9 Registration details not available. Identified by Peter Ingham from an advert by Buttons Ltd. in Tailor & Cutter Oct. 1927. * I had my collection, books, research etc., stored in a friends farm building which was burgled in 2001 - fortunately they didn't get much of my collection but the boxes they took did contain my lever arch files, (actually only one is missing I recently found the other), of older Trade Cards and a significant part of my early Royal Navy collection; unfortunately and most distressingly the damage they did to the roof wasn't noticed at first, consequently a large amount of water damage occurred to some buttons, books and research papers. I am currently using modern bug free commercial storage. Somebody asked me why a burglar would bother to take paperwork - the answer is that the boxes were layered for transportation paper & files in the bottom buttons & antiquey bits on top in some instances - the Royal navy buttons for example- buttons on the bottom, (on cards in boxes), and antiquey bits on top - it was only the boxes with the antiquey bits on top that went missing & not all of those. |
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