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Button, Robert MacKill & Company
Button worn on the uniform of the shipping company Robert MacKill & Company, Glasgow. Gilt brass domed button with a rope twist outer border and raised inner border. A white swallowtail flag (indicated by no shading) with a red cross (indicated by vertical shading) appears in the centre of the button above laurel. Everything appears on lined ground.
On the reverse of the button the maker is inscribed - PAISLEY’S GLASGOW
Reference to the house flag can be found in ‘Lloyd’s Book of House Flags and Funnels’ 1912 (No.1651, page 115).
On the reverse of the button the maker is inscribed - PAISLEY’S GLASGOW
Reference to the house flag can be found in ‘Lloyd’s Book of House Flags and Funnels’ 1912 (No.1651, page 115).
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Object Details
| ID: | UNI5985 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Uniforms |
| Type: | Button |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Paisley's Limited |
| Date made: | Unknown |
| People: | McKill |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Diameter: 22 mm |
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