Button Making, Elliott's Factory, Birmingham 1844
A woman sits in front of a gilding oven at Elliott's Button Factory, Birmingham. The buttons are coated in a mixture of mercury and gold and then placed in the cylindrical metal cage which is placed inside the oven where the mercury evaporates
Picture No
10208240
Media ID
47453971
Size
4131px x 5308px
(3.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engraving
Date
1844
