Details
A set of nine brass hunting buttons, variously labelled The Meet, The Hounds, The Kill, mounted on card, marked English, c1840 after designs by Henry Alken--1.25in. (3cm.); four similar; others modelled with hounds, foxes, boar, stags and rabbit; a set of four small buttons with black velvet Scottie dogs--0.5in. (1.5cm.); four similar with horses' heads; two camphor glass buttons with transfer prints of horses' heads, 19th century
Literature
See "Buttons", Diana Epstein, London 1968, p48 for a similar camphor glass button.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.