Lion Moles Button

Dublin Core

Title

Lion Moles Button

Identifier

Item Sm.607

Description

Small, copper alloy, sew-through four-eye button with dished centre and raised rim, stamped with the words:

'LION MOLES'

Creator

Beath, Schiess & Co.'s Lion Brand Clothing, [Flinders Street, Melbourne]

Subject

Dress & Personal Accessories--Dress component--Clothing--Fastening--Button;
Clothing;
Buttons;
Beath, Schiess & Co., Melbourne;
Lion Brand Clothing.

Date

1864 -

Source

Old Smithfield township.

Publisher

Private collection

Contributor

Lion Brand Clothing was produced by Beath, Schiess & Co. of Melbourne. The company started in 1861 on Flinders Street, Melbourne by Charles Pyne, Thomas S. Harrison and David Beath. In 1865, Harrison moved to New Zealand and Eugen Schiess bought into the company. Pyne died in 1868, and the company then became Beath, Schiess & Co.

Beath Schiess & Co, imported and manufactured Manchester goods, woolen goods, hats, shirts and ties, trousers, boots and shoes, dress goods, underclothing, laces and silks, ribbons, hosiery and gloves, millinery, corsets, haberdashery, toys and fancy goods, carpets and curtains.

Punch (Melbourne), 27 August 1907: 60.

The Lion Brand Stockman's Mole Trousers (moleskin) were imported into Queensland by Finney, Isles & Co. of Brisbane. The sold for 7 shillings a pair.

The Telegraph (Brisbane), 21 December 1878: 4.

Format

Material: Metallic
Surface find
Diagnostic: Yes
Weight: 0.7 g
Size: 13.5 mm diameter.

Type

Physical Object

Coverage

165138S1454201E
Old Smithfield township, Barron QLD 4871
Colonial Queensland
1870s

Rights

Geolocation

Collection

Clothing

Citation (Chicago 17 Style)

Beath, Schiess & Co.'s Lion Brand Clothing, [Flinders Street, Melbourne], “Lion Moles Button,” 1864 -, Item Sm.607, Private collection, https://www.oldsmithfield.com/omeka/items/show/36.

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