Button Backmark help

[fyrffytr1]

I found this little button a few years ago and have never been able to find anything about who made it and when. Backmark reads "G. Hobson & Co./ 1?8 Regent St."

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

I found a reference online to a London newspaper c1870 to "GEORGE HOBSON, 148 REGENT STREET, W. London - Clothing Retailer."
He "respectfully invited JOHN G. ROLLINS, AMERICAN MERCHANT," to visit his shop.

Dave

 

[duggap]

Date(s)

[TD="width: 161"] Name
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[TD="width: 180"] Address
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[TD="width: 217"] Related Information
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[TD="width: 83"] 1837-1877
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[TD="width: 161"] Hobson & Sons
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[TD="width: 180"] 94 Great Windmill St & 43-44 Artillery Place, Woolwich
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[TD="width: 217"][/TD]

[TD="width: 83"] 1878-1883
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[TD="width: 161"] Hobson & Sons
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[TD="width: 180"] 37-38 Little Windmill Street & Woolwich
[/TD]
[TD="width: 217"][/TD]

[TD="width: 83"] 1884-1886
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[TD="width: 161"] Hobson & Sons
[/TD]
[TD="width: 180"] 37-38 Little Windmill Street
[/TD]
[TD="width: 217"][/TD]

[TD="width: 83"][/TD]
[TD="width: 161"] Hobson
[/TD]
[TD="width: 180"] London W
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[TD="width: 217"][/TD]

[TD="width: 83"] 1887-
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[TD="width: 161"] Hobson & Sons
[/TD]
[TD="width: 180"] 1 3 & 5 Lexington St
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[TD="width: 217"][/TD]

[TD="width: 83"] 1890’s
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[TD="width: 161"][/TD]
[TD="width: 180"][/TD]
[TD="width: 217"] Active until this date
British Army buttons
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This may or may not be your man, but I thought I would present it for your review.

 

[fyrffytr1]

Date(s)	Name

[TD="width: 180"] Address [/TD]
[TD="width: 217"] Related Information [/TD]

[TD="width: 83"] 1837-1877 [/TD]
[TD="width: 161"] Hobson & Sons [/TD]
[TD="width: 180"] 94 Great Windmill St & 43-44 Artillery Place, Woolwich [/TD]
[TD="width: 217"][/TD]

[TD="width: 83"] 1878-1883 [/TD]
[TD="width: 161"] Hobson & Sons [/TD]
[TD="width: 180"] 37-38 Little Windmill Street & Woolwich [/TD]
[TD="width: 217"][/TD]

[TD="width: 83"] 1884-1886 [/TD]
[TD="width: 161"] Hobson & Sons [/TD]
[TD="width: 180"] 37-38 Little Windmill Street [/TD]
[TD="width: 217"][/TD]

[TD="width: 83"][/TD]
[TD="width: 161"] Hobson [/TD]
[TD="width: 180"] London W [/TD]
[TD="width: 217"][/TD]

[TD="width: 83"] 1887- [/TD]
[TD="width: 161"] Hobson & Sons [/TD]
[TD="width: 180"] 1 3 & 5 Lexington St [/TD]
[TD="width: 217"][/TD]

[TD="width: 83"] 1890’s [/TD]
[TD="width: 161"][/TD]
[TD="width: 180"][/TD]
[TD="width: 217"] Active until this date
British Army buttons [/TD]

This may or may not be your man, but I thought I would present it for your review.

I saw that on the UK Backmark site and it may well be the one I am looking for but Antiquarian's post states that G. Hobson was a clothing retailer so he would probably have sourced his buttons from another maker.

 

[fyrffytr1]

I found a reference online to a London newspaper c1870 to "GEORGE HOBSON, 148 REGENT STREET, W. London - Clothing Retailer."
He "respectfully invited JOHN G. ROLLINS, AMERICAN MERCHANT," to visit his shop.

Dave

Thanks for the reply. I will see what I can find on John Rollins.

 

[DCMatt]

Opened his shop in 1871. Looks like an underwear button.

 

[A2coins]

An underwear button that's a new one