Description
H.: 5 cm - Dia.: 5 cm
The type of button produced from this matrix is shown on a collector's website. (link)
There, the text states: This button has a Josh Starkey, 23 Conduit Street, London backmark (which should date it approx. 1859-1877). This is believed to be a Chinese court button.
Lot 989
An iron matrix for Chinese imperial buttons, Josh Starkey, London, 2nd half 19th C.
This lot was sold on 28 April 2018 and is no longer available
