Richards & Co Button
AssociatedAssociated with
Richards
(Broadford Works, 1808 - 2002)
Date1830-1898
Object NameButton
Mediummetal
ClassificationsTextile Industry
DimensionsOverall (Diameter): 12mm
AcquisitionPresented in 2019.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS095577.2
About MeOne of two circular button with recessed centre and four holes, inscribed on the reverse “RICHARDS & CO // ABERDEEN”. Found at Days Bay Beach, Wellington, New Zealand by a metal detectorist. Richards and Leader manufactured linen at Broadford Works, Aberdeen under the name Richards & Co. for about 60 years, suggesting a date of 1830-1898 for these buttons.
These small buttons are suggestive of clothing but there are no known references to Richards manufacturing clothing - at this period they were known for linen canvas and fire hoses although a surviving sample book in Aberdeen City Archives does include finer linens.
late 19th Century
mid 13th-mid 14th Century
