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Hammond Turner & Son
Liverpool, New York & Philadelphia Steamship Company
Button 035
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Hammond Turner & Son
Trinity House, Hull
Motto: DON TRINITAT VILLE REGIS SUP HULL
Has been made into a cuff link.
Button 029
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Hammond Turner & Son
Newington College Cadets
I am grateful to Cathy for gently pointing out that Newington College was, in fact, a Sydney, New South Wales establishment.
Button 052
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Hammond Turner & Son
Unknown – possibly a yacht club?
Button 047
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Back mark is simply ‘Turner’
Royal Navy officer
Button 049
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Hammond Turner & Sons, Extra Quality, with crown
City of Liverpool coat of ams
A large and very ornate button with motto:
Deus nobis haec otia fecit [God brought us this peace]
Button 057
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Hammond Turner
Described by seller as Royal Northern Yacht Club and ‘early large gilt coatee type’.
Or is it Royal Naval Yacht Club? The fouled anchor and crown are exactly like Royal Navy Yacht Club buttons…
Once again if you know the answer, please tell me!
Button 074
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Hammond Turner & Sons
Forth Corinthian Yacht Club
Button 081
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John O’Gaunts’ Bowmen
Hammond Turner & Sons
John O’Gaunt’s Bowmen is a long-established target archery society based in the Lancaster / Morecambe area. By 1788 the society had an official uniform consisting of a dark green frock coat with plain yellow buttons and a bow and arrow embroidered on its black velvet collar. This was worn with white kerseymere breeches and matching waistcoat, as well as ‘stockings’ and a black hat with one green and one black feather.
In 1820 the society introduced a second, full dress uniform. This had a white silk lining in the dark green frock coat, a crimson military sash and a black stock or neck cloth.
At the same time the shooting dress was changed to Kendal green frock coat with gilt buttons depicting three crossed arrows, white drill trousers, a green forage cap with the black and green feathers and a black neck cloth or stock.
This button must be one of the post-1820 shooting uniform buttons
Button 104
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Hammond Turner & Sons
Another example of Royal Northern Yacht Club
The Royal Northern and Clyde was formed in 1978 following the merger of The Royal Northern and The Royal Clyde Yacht Club, the River Clyde’s two senior yacht clubs. The clubhouse is now in Rhu and has extensive grounds leading down to Gareloch.
The Northern Yacht Club goes back to 1824 and the Royal Warrant to fly the blue ensign, apparently the first to be given, was granted in 1831.
Button 100
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Hammond Turner & Sons
Customs VR
Presumably a British Empire button, definitely from the time of Queen Victoria
Button 071
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Hammond Turner & Dickinson
One piece, gilded
I am interested in the East India Companies, both British and European. (The apocryphal headline ‘Fog in Channel: Europe cut off’ comes to mind with that wording – apologies!)
This button is from the British East India Company which traded from 1600 until 1874. The backmark dates it to the period between about 1790 and 1817.
Button 155