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Janua.ry, 1960 NATIONAL BUTTON BULLETIN 2a
1773 McKown, James anil John, Pill-lane, block tin and horn button-makers.

1?81 Glascott, Thomas, ol Crumlin, Button-maker married to Mary Clarke
(Register of St. Bride's).
Sall, George, 36 Back-lane; 'Makes buttons for Volunteers and MiIi-
1?80-1806
iary.' .1n 1813, George Satl is given as a bell-founder and iron
founder and brass manufacturer, 17 Jerves Street.
'There
1784-1818 Lloyd, John, John Lloyd & Son, button-manufacturers, 36 Castle St'
were two goldsmiths, father and son, named John Lloyd.
J. Lloyd Sr., was free of the Goldsmith's Company in 1?59, and
died in'1825. T. Lloyd, Jr., was warden of the Goldsmith's Guild
1810-1811- 1812-1813 and master in 1813-1814. Free in 1802, he
died c.1853. John Lloyd, a button-maker, first appears about 1786'
and John Lloyd, disappears then. John Lloyd, Goldsmith of Har-
old's Cross, obtained a premium from the Dublin Society for
plated metal in 1?84, so that John Lloyd, goldsmith and John
Lloyd, button-maker were identical.
1792 Lloyd, John, button-manufacturer, Harold's Cross. 'I. Lloyd, Dubiin,'
on a flat gilt button of the Lawyer's Artillery' and on a flat gilt
button of the Kewarra Infantry.
1792-1794 Lloyd & Ridley, CoIe Alley, Castle St. 'Makes Uniform buttons.' Their
factory was at Harold's Cross, so probably one member of the
firm ',vas John Lloyd who is mentioned above. The firm in 1794
issued a half-penny token, the artist, of which, is stated by an
anonymous in The Bazaar-The Exchange antl Mart, Feb. 20, 1889,
to have been Mossop. There are several variants of this token
exDan[.
1779 Magee, J.,41 College Green 'Sells buttons.'
lano Stone, John, 2 Sycamore Alley, 'Makes Milita^ry buttons, ornaments
and medals, and silversmith's and pewterer's touches. He was the
son of the more important James Stone, a medalist, eLc., who died
1775. John continued the business and died in 1?79. William
Mossop was apprenticed to James Stone and became the pioneer
medalist of Ireland. In 1792, Jane Stone appears as button and
seal-manufacturer, at 2 Simpson's Court.

t179 Butler, Nicholas, Button-maker, 12 Croumpton Court, 'Makes buttons
for Volunteers, etc. Gorgets, Belt-platas, etc., for the Irish Asso-
ciation.' This was probably the Nicholas Butler who was awarded
a premium of 5 Pounds by the Dublin Society in 1?63 for 'Ne'il/ de-
signs on copper plate.' In 1?67, he was partner with Patrick Fitz-
patrick, engraver, 9 Upper Blind Quay, who among other things,
engraved coat of arms and seals.
(To be Continued)

HAND PAINTED BUTTONS NEW FASHION IN LONDON
Fashion's latest fad in London is a craze for buttons. It seems to appeal as
much to the vanity of the mere man to adorn himself with buttons as to the
rnore volatile womankind. Waistcoat buttons, each painted separately by well-
known miniature painters, and framed in silver or gold, sometimes cost as much
as $100 a piece, and make the garment on which they are worn a sort of picture
gallery.-Art In Buttons, 1908.