MEREM:2010.30

Brief description: small brass button with a sewing hole at the centre, embossed ‘Baverstock and Son Mere’, ‘Dochertys Patent H T and S’, 19th century Classifications: clothing / person Identifications: button / Place: Measurements: diameter 1.5 cm Material: brass Completeness: complete Additional images: Click the images to view larger image
MEREM:2007.17

Brief description: cotton oblong scarf woven in fine white cotton, with drawn thread hem and embroidered with a red cross [a red cross nurse’s cap], worn by the donor’s mother during the 1939-45 war; initials MK, presumably those of the owner, embroidered on the inside above the red cross. Classifications: clothing / society / health […]