Button Maker: Stamping out metal buttons. Blank
Button Maker: Stamping out metal buttons. Blank held in place and weight holding die for pattern being work was raised by rope and pulley wheel and dropped on blank. Dies for different sizes and patterns on floor. Buttons would need finishing by removal of burrs and imperfections. Hand-coloured woodcut from The Book of English Trades London 1823
Picture No
13907502
Media ID
48481914
Size
3025px x 4500px
(3.4MB)
Credit
World History Archive / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
World History Archive
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1823 Blank Craftsman Dies Dropped Finishing Hand-coloured Imperfections Metalworking Need Pulley Removal Sizes Stamping
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