Tool - Buttoneer, c1880

Historical information

Unusual advertising buttoneer made for Ball & Welch, a draper store which originated in 1855 in the Victorian Gold Fields

Significance

Rare advertising tool for doing up buttons promoting an iconic early Melbourne department store

Physical description

Oval shaped metal with long loop

Inscriptions & markings

Ball & Welch Ltd Proprietary. Melbourne. Steel. Made in England

Back to top