Buttons [The Auckland Electric Tramway Company]

Object detail

Accession number

2015.83

Maker

Auckland Electric Tramways Company Limited
Buttons Limited

Production period

1910s

Description

Buttons, The Auckland Electric Tramway Company. 5 Large and 8 small brass buttons. Front has "AETCL" logo in centre with "THE AUCKLAND ELECTRIC TRAMWAY COMPANY / LIMITED" marked around the buttons border. Reverse is marked with "ENGLISH MAKE / TRADE MARK / CROSSED / SWORDS" with small metal loop in centre of back.

Marks

ENGLISH MAKE / TRADE MARK / CROSSED / SWORDS Maker's Mark
THE AUCKLAND ELECTRIC TRAMWAY COMPANY / LIMITED Casting
AETCL Logo

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Metal/Alloy/Copper Alloy/Brass

Credit Line

Auckland Electric Tramways Company Limited et al. Buttons [The Auckland Electric Tramway Company], 2015.83. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

My shortlist

Classification

Notion Fastener, Textile Button Tools & Equipment for Materials Textileworking T&E Needleworking Equipment

Production place

Birmingham West Midlands England Great Britain British Isles Europe Great Britain United Kingdom

Collection type

Tramways Transport

Subject auto tags

Currency Coin Money Money handling Circle Metal Nickel Artifact Bronze Antique

Explore other objects by colour

Public comments

Sort

Thanks for commenting.

- MOTAT Curatorial Research posted 4 years ago.

Auckland Electric Tramway Company Limited buttons used from 1902 with the khaki and burgundy uniforms (there is a 1952 replica in the collection). These were superseded by standard British Electric Traction Company sparking wheel and bent rail design buttons by the 1910s.

- David Cawood posted 4 years ago.

Add comment

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.