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| Picture No | 10208240 |
| Date | 1844 |
| Description | Button Making, Elliott's Factory, Birmingham 1844 |
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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.
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| Source | Engraving |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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