Image 5 Hammond Turner &
Sons plus! Civil war dug very poor
specimen (military gallery)
This back mark is interesting because there appears to
be another maker's name within the outer circle: it is
impossible to read anything except the last letter of
their name, an N, and the following '& Co' - click
on the image for a supersize version and do let me know
if you have any idea what it says under all that verdigris...
I am very grateful to 'Rider' who suggested that it refers to the gilding and says 'Extra Super Fine'.
Image 6 C & J Weldon London
(not in a gallery, yet...) This button is included
because there was a business relationship and a friendship
between Hammond Turner and Weldon in the mid-1800s: Charles
Weldon was an administrator of William Hammond Turner's
will.
Image 7 Lion Works, Birmingham
(not in a gallery yet...) This was the trading name
of Hammond Turner in the early 20th century.
Image 8 H T & Sons Best Qualy Plated (sic) Reverse of basket-weave button (Dandy and Dress gallery)
Image 9 C&J Weldon London This front is very similar to a Hammond Turner front and is a uniform button for the Royal Artillery.
Image 10 Hammond Turner and Sons A simple stamped crown is the only other feature of this backmark to a button, featuring a fishing basket, from the sporting gallery.
Image 11 Hammond Turner & Sons Extra Quality From the sporting buttons gallery. The front bears an animal which may be a horse, a deer or even, as the seller suggested, a unicorn.
Image 12 H T & Sons Birmm (sic) Reverse of marbled glass waistcoat button, Dandy and dress gallery
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