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124 THE NATIONAL 13u'T'Ton BULLEllN July 2011

From an 18th-century set of at least 14 buttons, engraved on tombac (a brass-capper-zinc alloy).
The lion is unexpected, but exotic game animals were sometimes included in sporting sets. Size: 1 5 116" (33mm)
the galleries at White Hall, I find the Ladies of Honour dressed The men in these two
in their riding garbs, with coats and doublets with deep skirts, buttons are wearing
"shooting coats."
just, for all the world like mine; and buttoned their doublets
Both are one-piece
up their breast, with perriwigs and hats; so that, only for a long c.1820s-30s. Above
petticoat dragging under their men's coats, has "Best Quality"
and split anvil mark.
nobody could take them for women in
Size: 13116" (20mm)
any point whatever; which was an odde
sight, and a sight did not please me.»
It was not until the reign of Queen Ann
(1702-14) that the riding habit ceased
to offend male sensibilities.
Men's shooting and hunting frocks
were styled on everyday garments, and although
plainer and sturdier perhaps, were not specially adapted
for sportswear. (A 'frock' was a coat with a flat, turned
down collar and skirts reaching to the knees, front and back.
The fullness of the skirts decreased toward the end of the