Stone buttons with silver shanks

Two stone buttons with silver shanks, one of which is attached to a card mount. With a typed Royal United Service Institution label which reads: '2069 Two lava buttons worn by Lord Nelson, and given to the widow of Admiral Hon. W. Clement Finch. Given by the Family of the late Admiral Finch.'

Object Details

ID: REL0152
Collection: Relics
Type: Button
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1794-1805
People: Nelson, Horatio; Nelson, Catherine Finch, Mary Royal United Service Institution
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Royal United Service Institution Collection
Measurements: Overall: 8 mm; Diameter: 35 mm
Parts: Stone buttons with silver shanks