WHAT DOES EXTRA RICH MEAN?
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Gilt buttons became fashionable in Britain in the mid-to-late 1790s, with the gilding achieved using a closely-guarded process that coated then with an amalgam of mercury and gold (electro-plating didnât appear until the 1840s). The term âgiltâ was sometimes misleadingly used to describe a golden-colour finish with little or no actual gold used, often so poor that the colour would disappear within a few weeks of wear. Some of the gold-coloured lacquers would also fade when exposed to sunlight.
These malpractices led to legislation in Britain in 1796 to inhibit the less ethical makers, with the approved minimum amount of gold for a button to be called âgiltâ being set at 1/96th of an ounce per gross of 1 inch buttons. The terms âdouble giltâ and âtreble/triple giltâ were intended to apply to consequent multiples of that amount for superior finishes. Manufacturers took to using terms such as ârichâ, âextra-richâ, âextra-fineâ, âextra-strongâ and also âorangeâ to circumvent the legislation and/or promote the quality of their buttons (with varying degrees of honesty).
Indented backmarks (like yours) began appearing around 1810 and the previously-used raised backmarks arenât usually seen after about 1840. During the early 1800s the process details for gilding âleakedâ to American producers. Unless a maker name is part of the backmark or there are other identification details, it isnât usually possible to distinguish American buttons from British ones, except when the word âcolourâ appears with its British spelling.
Welcome to Tnet. You've posted in the section for people needing technical assistance with the website but, no matter, and the Mods will probably move your post to a mare appropriate section.
Gilt buttons became fashionable in Britain in the mid-to-late 1790s, with the gilding achieved using a closely-guarded process that coated then with an amalgam of mercury and gold (electro-plating didnât appear until the 1840s). The term âgiltâ was sometimes misleadingly used to describe a golden-colour finish with little or no actual gold used, often so poor that the colour would disappear within a few weeks of wear. Some of the gold-coloured lacquers would also fade when exposed to sunlight.
These malpractices led to legislation in Britain in 1796 to inhibit the less ethical makers, with the approved minimum amount of gold for a button to be called âgiltâ being set at 1/96th of an ounce per gross of 1 inch buttons. The terms âdouble giltâ and âtreble/triple giltâ were intended to apply to consequent multiples of that amount for superior finishes. Manufacturers took to using terms such as ârichâ, âextra-richâ, âextra-fineâ, âextra-strongâ and also âorangeâ to circumvent the legislation and/or promote the quality of their buttons (with varying degrees of honesty).
Indented backmarks (like yours) began appearing around 1810 and the previously-used raised backmarks arenât usually seen after about 1840. During the early 1800s the process details for gilding âleakedâ to American producers. Unless a maker name is part of the backmark or there are other identification details, it isnât usually possible to distinguish American buttons from British ones, except when the word âcolourâ appears with its British spelling.
WHAT DOES EXTRA RICH MEAN?