Button hole cutter

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

Brass button hole cutter

Brass button hole cutter

Name/Title

Button hole cutter

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.643

Description

Brass and steel instrument to cut buttonholes in fabric. The blade, the point of which is visible, is retractable and can be pushed out by the slider button in the centre. The corrugated edges are marked 1 - 9 in eights of an inch.

Context

Patented 1872 by D M Co. D. M. Co. were the Doolittle Manufacturing Company of Bridgeport, Conn., USA.

Category

Clothing, Domestic, Tools

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Dimensions

Width

30 mm

Length

90 mm

Weight

14 g

Material

Brass, Metal

Location

* Untyped Location

C93