Button, Alfred Holt and Company (Blue Funnel Line)

Seven buttons (numbered UNI6155.1 to UNI6155.7) worn on the uniform of the shipping company Alfred Holt and Company (Blue Funnel Line). Gilt brass domed button with rope twist outer border and raised inner border. Rectangular blue (indicated by horizontal shading) flag with white (indicated by no shading) diamond in centre with ‘AH’ (letters joined) enclosed. All on flat ground.
On the reverse of the buttons there are various inscriptions, please see parts for details.

Reference to the house flag can be found in ‘Lloyd’s Book of House Flags and Funnels’ 1912 (No.1852, page 125).
Reference to the button can be found in ‘Buttons: A Guide for Collectors’ by Gwen Squire 1972 (No. 6, Plate 85).

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ID:	UNI6155
Collection:	Uniforms
Type:	Button
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	G. Varcoe & Son; Unknown
Date made:	Unknown
People:	Blue Funnel Line; Waite, Arthur H.
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:	Button, Alfred Holt and Company (Blue Funnel Line) Button, Alfred Holt and Company (Blue Funnel Line) (Button) (UNI6155.1) Button, Alfred Holt and Company (Blue Funnel Line) (Button) (UNI6155.2) Button, Alfred Holt and Company (Blue Funnel Line) (Button) (UNI6155.3) Button, Alfred Holt and Company (Blue Funnel Line) (Button) (UNI6155.4) Button, Alfred Holt and Company (Blue Funnel Line) (Button) (UNI6155.5) Button, Alfred Holt and Company (Blue Funnel Line) (Button) (UNI6155.6) Button, Alfred Holt and Company (Blue Funnel Line) (Button) (UNI6155.7)

Button, Alfred Holt and Company (Blue Funnel Line)

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