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94/114/1 Collection of buttons (16), metal, designed and made by Gordon Andrews, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1945-1949. Click to enlarge.
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Collection of buttons by Gordon Andrews

3 x square, concave shaped button in silver sheet with central cross motif in applied copper wire, signed 'Andrews'. Plus one unsigned square, concave shaped button in silver sheet with central cross motif in applied copper wire (attributed to Gordon Andrews by D. Broughton, despite variations from the three signed buttons).
3 x button of conical spiral form, in copper wire.
3 x flat, spiral shaped button in copper.
4 x rectangular, concave shaped button in copper with a strip of wire …

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94/114/1-1 Collection of buttons (4), concave with central cross motif, metal, designed and made by Gordon Andrews, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1945-1949
Collection of buttons by Gordon Andrews

Summary

Object No.

94/114/1

Object Statement

Collection of buttons (16), metal, designed and made by Gordon Andrews, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1945-1949

Physical Description

3 x square, concave shaped button in silver sheet with central cross motif in applied copper wire, signed 'Andrews'. Plus one unsigned square, concave shaped button in silver sheet with central cross motif in applied copper wire (attributed to Gordon Andrews by D. Broughton, despite variations from the three signed buttons).
3 x button of conical spiral form, in copper wire.
3 x flat, spiral shaped button in copper.
4 x rectangular, concave shaped button in copper with a strip of wire centrally applied.
1 x square shaped button in copper sheet, the obverse surface with engraved image of a sailing ship on water.
1 x button in copper sheet, circular shaped with domical centre.

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https://ma.as/138047

Dimensions

Height

12 mm

Width

32 mm

Depth

32 mm

Source

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs Deirdre Broughton, 1994

Acquisition Date

16 May 1994

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Harvard

Collection of buttons by Gordon Andrews 2023, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 29 March 2023, <https://ma.as/138047>

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