© GOLDEN AGE BUTTONS: LIVERY - HUMAN
Updated 1st November 2010, next update due 1st December 2010
There is a general information section at the bottom of the menu page for uniform buttons, and a “How
to Order” section on the Home Page of the website.
References made are to “Fairbairn’s Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland” (FB), Gwen
Squires “Livery Buttons” (GS) and “Debrett’s Peerage” (1881 edition)
The selling list shows buttons identified as belonging to particular families. Scans of buttons
can be seen, when available, in the “Main Menu - Livery” section on the website. .
Aynscomb (Mayfield, Sussex). Vested upright arm, holding fleur-de-lis (FB p.27 & FB pl. 95-9)
(Backmarks: “Pitt & Co. 50 St.Martins Lane, London”)
Brass, two-piece convex, 25 mm. £7.50 (LHUM 074) (also Eley FB p.167, Elly FB p.169 Wynn FB p.519 & others)
Bannerman (Scotland). Demi-knight holding sword, wearing plumes (FB p.33 & pl. 23-4 and GS 5-23)
(Backmarks: “Simpson & Son, 61 South Audley St. London”)
Silver plated, two-piece convex, 23 mm. £12.50 (LHUM 176)
Bell (Leith, Scotland). Out of clouds, a bare upright hand with two fingers pointing (FB p.44 & pl.67-6)
(Backmarks: “Firmin & Sons Ld. London”)
Brass, two-piece convex, 24.5 mm. £7.50 (LHUM 094)(also Boyd FB p.68, Miller FB p.332 and cf. GS 55-15)
Brodie (Sussex & Scotland).”Unite” above bare upright arm, holding three arrows (FB p.76 & pl.56-4)
(Backmarks: “Firmins, London”)
Silver plated, two-piece convex, 25 mm. £7.50 (LHUM 088)
Buller (Somerset & Cornwall). Old man’s head, affrontée & bearded (FB p.84 & pl.19-1)
(Backmarks: “Firmin & Sons Ld. 153 Strand, London”)
Silver plated, one-piece flat, 25 mm. £12.50 (LHUM 126) (also Ashworth FB p.22, Johnson FB p.262 & others)
Burn (Scotland). “Vincit Veritas” around bare upright hand, holding cross crosslet fitched (FB p.86 & pl. 99-1)
(Backmarks: “Firmin’s, London” with “N” errors)
Brass, one-piece low convex, 16 mm. £3.50 (LHUM 175)
Eyre (England). Leg bent and armoured, with spur (FB p.174 & pl. 81-5 and GS 28-15/16/17)
(Backmarks: “Firmin & Sons Ld. 47 Warwick St. Regent St. London”)
Silver plated, one-piece convex, 25 mm. £7.50 (LHUM 170)
Garrard-Drake (Hertfordshire). Bare bent arm holding battle-axe (FB p.198 & pl.73-7)
(Backmarks: “Cullerton, 92 Piccadilly, London W”)
Silver plated, one-piece convex, 24.5 mm. £7.50 (LHUM 014) (also Blondell & others)
Godbold (Surrey). Armoured upright bent right arm holding arrow (FB p.206 & pl.96-6)
(Backmarks: “Firmin & Sons Ld. 47 Warwick St, Regent St. London”)
Silver plated, one-piece convex, 25 mm. £7.50 (LHUM 024) (also Carlton FB p.97, Taylor GS 77-16 et al)
Godbold (Surrey). Armoured upright bent right arm holding arrow (FB p.206 & pl.96-6)
(Backmarks: “C. & J. Weldon, london”)
Brass, one-piece convex, 16 mm. £3.50 (LHUM 024) (also Carlton FB p.97, Taylor GS 77-16 et al)
Green (England). ”Virtus Semper Viridis” below vested arm, holding chaplet of laurel (FB p.215 & pl.55-6)
(Backmarks: “J.Platt & Co. St.Martins Lane”)
Brass, one-piece convex, 24 mm. £7.50 (LHUM 102)
Jenkes (Shropshire). “Decus Recte Peto” below vested upright bent arm holding sword, enfiled with coronet (FB p.259)
(Backmarks: “Pitt & Co. 31 Maddox St. London”)
Brass, one-piece convex, 25 mm. £7.50 (LHUM 179)
Keirie (Scotland). “Virtute Viget” in buckle around bare hand holding rose branch (FB p.266 & pl. 118-9)
(Backmarks: “Armfield & Co. Birmingham”)
Silver plated, two-piece convex, 25 mm. £4.50 (LHUM 180) (also Paton FB p.370)
Lees (Ireland). Bare upright arm, holding crescent (FB p.285 & pl.38-7)
(Backmarks: “Simpson & Son, 63 South Audley St. London”)
Silver plated, one-piece convex, 16 mm. £3.50 (LHUM 019) (also Cathcart, Knows & others)
Litcott. Old man’s profiled head, wearing ducal coronet and hat charged with Catherine wheel (FB p.293 & pl. 78-14 and GS 50-1)
(Backmarks: “Firmin & Sons Ld. 6 Warwick St. Regent St. London”)
Silver plated, one-piece convex, 26 mm. £12.50 (LHUM 172) (also Wrey FB p.517)
M’Caa (Scotland). Bare upright hand, holding dagger (upright) (FB p.305 & pl.23-15)
(Backmarks: “Pitt & Co. Maddox St. London”)
Silver plated, two-piece convex, 25 mm. £7.50
Silver plated, two-piece convex, 16mm. £3.50 (LHUM 113)
MacDougall (Scotland). “Virtutis Laus Actio” below armoured upright arm holding sword (FB p.307 & pl. 81-11)
(Backmarks: “C.& J. Weldon, London”)
Silver plated, one-piece low convex, 16 mm. £3.50 (LHUM 127)
MacDougall (Scotland). Armoured horizontal bent arm (couped at shoulder), holding cross fitched (GS 51-25)
(Backmarks: Circlet of laurel leaves)
Brass, one-piece low convex, 24 mm. £4.50 (LHUM 139)
Margary. “Cherche Qui N’a” in buckle, around bare upright arm holding daisy (F-D p.67)
(Backmarks: None)
Silver plated, two-piece convex, 25 mm. £7.50 (LHUM 178)
Marshall (Yorkshire). A knight in armour, holding axe and sword (FB p.321 and cf. GS 53-21)
(Backmarks: “Firmin & Sons Ld. London”)
Silver plated, two-piece convex, 25 mm. £12.50 (LHUM 173)
Menzies (Scotland). “Will God I Shall” above savage’s head erased (FB p.329 & pl. 19-1)
(Backmarks: “Firmin & Sons Ld. 47 Warwick St. Regent St”)
Silver plated, one-piece convex, 25 mm. £7.50 (LHUM 177)
Mercier (Northumberland). Demi-huntsman blowing a horn (FB p.329 & cf.pl.38-8)
(Backmarks: “Special Quality”)
Silver plated, two-piece convex, 25 mm. £9.50 (LHUM 093) (also Clerk FB p.111, Rattray FB p.398 & others)
Omond (Scotland). Armoured upright bent arm, holding spear (FB p.361 & pl.126c-15)
(Backmarks: “Firmin & Sons Ld. London”)
Silver plated, one-piece convex, 15.5 mm. £3.50 (LHUM 045)
Ramsden (Yorkshire). Armoured upright arm, holding fleur-de-lis in gauntlet (FB p.397 & pl.95-9 and GS 66-18)
(Backmarks: Pitt & Co. 31, Maddox St. London W”)
Silver plated, one-piece low convex, 24 mm. £7.50 (LHUM 058) (also Aynscomb FB p.27 & others)
Rhodes (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire). Bare upright bent arm, holding oak leaves (FB p.403 & GS 67-14)
(Backmarks: “Firmin & Sons, 153 Strand & 13 Conduit St. London”)
Brass, one-piece convex, 25 mm. £4.50 (LHUM 169)
Rivett (Hampshire). Armoured upright arm, holding sword (FB p.406 & pl.125-5)
(Backmarks: “Firmin & Sons Ld. London”)
Brass, two-piece convex, 24 mm. £4.50 (LHUM 116) (also Fergus FB p.179, Richardson FB p.404 & others)
Scott (Essex). “In Christo Salus” around upright vested arm, out of palisades, holding truncheon (FB p.425 & pl. 18-1 and pl. 13-12)
(Backmarks: “Firmin, London”)
Brass, one-piece convex, 16 mm. £4.50 (LHUM 174)
Smith (Scotland). ”Nil Penna Sed Usus” above bare horizontal hand, holding quill (FB p.439 & pl. 26-13)
(Backmarks: “E.Armfield & Co. Birmingham”)
Silver plated, one-piece low convex, 16 mm. £3.50 (LHUM 092)
Stewart (Ireland). Bare upright arm, couped below elbow, holding heart (FB p.453 & pl.59-12)
(Backmarks: “Pitt & Co. London”)
Silver plated, one-piece low convex, 14.5 mm. £3.50 (LHUM 103) (also Cochran FB p.114, Douglass FB p.155 & others)
Taylor. Armoured upright bent arm, holding cross crosslet (FB p.466 & GS 77-21)
Backmarks: “M.S. & J.D. Best Quality”)
Brass, two-piece low convex, 25 mm. £7.50 (LHUM 145)
Thompson (England). Armoured upright bent arm, holding stump of lance (GS pl. 78-12)
(Backmarks: “Firmin & Sons, 13 Conduit St. London”)
Silver plated, one-piece convex, 25 mm. £7.50 (LHUM 130)
Warberton (England). Saracen’s head affrontée and plumed (FB p.492 & pl.105-2)
(Backmarks: “Hayward, 50 Long Acre, London W.C”)
Brass, one-piece convex, 25 mm. £12.50 (LHUM 141) (also Broughton FB p.78)
Wasey (England). Bare left arm & right hand shooting arrow from bow (FB p.494 & pl.100-4)
(Backmarks: “Best Quality, Extra Superfine”)
Silver plated, one-piece convex, 27.5 mm. £12.50 (LHUM 096) (also Archer & others) (COACHMAN)
Whitelock (England). Bare upright hand, holding dagger diagonally (FB p.503 & pl.101-10)
(Backmarks: “Best Quality Superfine”)
Brass, one-piece convex, 26 mm. £7.50 (LHUM 043) (also Grantham FB p.213, Mackie p.311 & others)
Williams (Dorset & Oxfordshire). Vested upright arm charged with cross pattée, holding acorn branch (FB p.508 & pl.64-7 and GS 85-10)
(Backmarks: “G.& W.Boggett, St.Martins Lane, London”)
Brass, one-piece low convex, 25 mm. £7.50 (LHUM 072)
Wood (Lancashire). Demi-savage, holding club and a griffin’s head (FB p.514 & pl.14-11 and GS 86-13)
(Backmarks: “Firmin & Sons Ld. 108 St.Martins Lane, London”)
Silver Plated, one-piece convex, 26 mm. £9.50 (LHUM 017)
Wright (Scotland). Armoured upright arm holding battleaxe (FB p.517 & pl.55-3)
(Backmarks: “Pitt & Co. 50, St.Martins Lane, London”)
Silver plated, one-piece convex, 26 mm. £7.50 (LHUM 038)