infant gown button studs with chain-14Kgold

Anyone have info on these? How were they used? manufacturer? approx. 65+ years old? Thanks much

 

Hi,
What made you think infant gown? It seems like it would cause bumps and discomfort to the baby. What size are they?
greg

 

They're men's shirt studs with safety chains. Is there a maker's mark?

~Cheryl

 

Didn't they also make these for women's shirtwaists?

 

They look too breakable off and swallowable for babies, but I suppose you could retrieve them at the other end.

 

Ladies shirtwaist studs were usually a bit larger (or much larger) and a bit prettier, suspect these were more likely for men, but in poking into a few old catalogs, also found similar for children, so suppose they could have been marketed for ladies too...

~Cheryl

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I consider myself pretty competent when it comes to vintage/antique jewelry, but I don't understand how these things are worn? What would you wear them with? White Tie, presumably?

 

Formal dinner shirts had no buttons, but rather, holes on both plackets. A smart chap - like my Pa - would wear said studs to fasten said shirt.

 

Hi,
Back in the 70s I would wear tux shirts with jeans. Roll up the sleeves and had to wear "studs" on the bottom two holes to keep shirt closed at the bottom so my chest would "peek a boo". Thanks for the memory jog,
what was I thinking.
greg

 

You were thinking you were a Big Stud !!!!

 

Welcome to the board Tim.
In your first picture, button back on the far left, Does it say 14K?
If so I would rule out children's.

 

When my 1st daughter was baptised she was given a 14k gold medal on a safty pin as a gift from her God Parents. Also my 2nd daughter a gold bracelet at one years old, so they do make items for babies in gold and silver.

 

#14 & #15 in Cheryl's 1st pic of "Child's Button Sets" are "Solid 14K Gold."

--- Susan

 

Hi Komokwa,
I guess I was a big stud 6'1" 165 lbs, salt & pepper hair, green eyes and cowboy boots. Those were the days.
greg

 

Geez, Greg - you were just too cool! Apparently you were thinking you looked just as good as I did with hip-hugger bell-bottoms and an open Indian gauze shirt knotted over one of those silly tube-tops (a sigh at the loss of that youthful flat belly) - but every generation has their questionable fashion choices...

As a bartender/penguin, wore all sorts of old studs and cufflinks on my tux shirts, the other bartenders just used the little black plastic ones, or the buttons - sold off most of the studs and links, but still have all my old cummerbunds and bowties (dunno why).

Studs weren't just for formal attire, they also enabled the use of 'fancy buttons' on several different garments, as well as the benefit of being removable for laundering and pressing, many were pretty utilitarian in design, and some were also used to fasten detachable collars, cuffs and shirtfronts.

For Messi - didn't find chained sets specifically labeled as for ladies, but the 1896 page below shows some hearts that strike me as quite feminine, the 1898 page shows some small ladies' studs, and also adding some 1897 chained pin sets for ladies and children.

~Cheryl

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So glad someone reads the fine print.
I'm a picture looker and first line paragraph scanner. No wonder I make so many flubs.
However, I am willing to admit I goof.
Thanks for the correction.

 

Dang. Now we need a photo to warm up these cold days.