Finney, Isles & Co. Button

Dublin Core

Title

Identifier

Item Sm.610

Description

Small, copper alloy, sew-through four-eye button with dished centre and raised rim, stamped with the words:

'FINNEY & ISLES' / 'BRISBANE'

Creator

Finney Isles & Co., [Queen Street, Brisbane]

Subject

Dress & Personal Accessories--Dress component--Clothing--Fastening--Button;
Clothing;
Buttons;
Finney, Isles & Co., Brisbane.

Date

1864 -

Source

Old Smithfield township.

Thomas Finney and James Isles started a drapery company in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane in 1864. The business quickly expanded, and they moved to premises in Queen Street, Brisbane in the 1870s.

The Week (Brisbane), 14 December 1878: 2.

Publisher

Private collection

Format

Item: Metallic
Diagnostic: Yes
Surface find.
Condition: Button is badly damaged, corroded, and the centre is missing.
Weight: 0.7 g
Size: 13.5 mm diameter.

Type

Physical Object

Coverage

165138S1454201E
Old Smithfield township, Barron QLD 4871
Colonial Queensland
1870s

Rights

Geolocation

Collection

Clothing

Citation (Chicago 17 Style)

Finney Isles & Co., [Queen Street, Brisbane], “Finney, Isles & Co. Button,” 1864 -, Item Sm.610, Private collection, https://oldsmithfield.com/omeka/items/show/62.

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