Hunt Buttons for Collectors
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Fabulous set of Vale of White Horse, Earl Bathurst's Hunt Servants' buttons
sold recently.
Collectable Buttons from Current Hunts:
Cottesmore: 1L 'Cottesmore' in block letters with the Earls' coronet over, backmark H Poole & Co Saville Row London ( dates from late 19th C)
Ledbury: 2L with rare Armfield Backmark
Pytchley: 2L with G&W Boggett Backmark (circa 1840)
1L with Doughty & Co backmark (Pre 1875)
Quorn: 1L 2S Quorn in block letters with coronet over. The large one has a backmark: H. Poole & Co Saville Row London - Sold - more required please
From Fox Hunts That Have Gone Before:
Badsworth: 2L 3S BH in gothic with running fox over
Bicester & Warden Hill: Brass: 2L 1S Hobbed. 5L engraved.
Black: 2S
Blackmore Vale: Brass: Set 5L 4S Two piece, struck + 2L 1S
Bramham Moor: 3L 6S Running Fox with 'Forrard' over silver colour (rare design) 1L silver button (hallmarked)
Charborough: Gilt: 8L CH in gothic.
Chiddingfold: Brass: 2L CH monogram engraved.
Chiddingfold Farmers: Brass: CFH with running fox over: 2L 2S
Cowdray: Brass: Set : 5L 4S CH in gothic - hobbed + 3 L + 2L 1S (Modern)
Croome: Brass Set 5L 4S + 1L 1S CH monogram with coronet over
Dulverton: 1L DH in script engraved plain background. 1L in script lined background
Dulverton East: 2L DH in script
Dumfriesshire: Super set of 8L & 4S D with running fox through
East Sussex: Black 6L 5S (various)
Eglington, Earl of, Black: 1s with shank
Enfield Chace: Brass: 7S EC with fox mask over
Black: Set 5L 4S
Essex Farmers: Brass: 1L
Essex Union: Brass Set a) 8L 4S EUH in gothic - engraved. (Dress)
Brass Set b) 7L 4S EUH in gothic, struck,
Brass: 5L 3S Struck, + 3L 3S dress buttons EUH in gothic
Fernie's, Mr Brass set : 6L 4S
Garth: Brass Set: 7L 4S Hobbed,
Brass: 1L 2S Engraved
Black: 1S
Garth & S Berks: 2L 4S G & SB in script laser engraved + 2L 3S Black plastic
Gerards (Hon R): 1S GH in gothic.
Goodwood: 3L 1S GH in gothic - large silver buttons
Guest's (Miss): 1L G in gothic
Hambledon: 3L 3S HHC in script (2mounted & 1 Struck of each)
Harrington (Earl of): 1L 6S H in block with coronet over
Hertfordshire: 2L HH monogram
Hursley: 3L 5S HH in script + 2S Black
Johnstone's (Sir Harcourt or Captain the Hon F.) 3L 1S brass button with running fox left.
West Kent: 2S WKH in script
Lord Leconfield's 4 S domed button with mounted LL monogram with coronet over
Linlithgow & Stirlingshire: 1L 1S + Modern set LSH in gothic with running fox over
Llanelly: 2L LH in gothic on plain background (Firmin & Sons,153 Strand London)
Llangibby: 2L LH in script 1L Black 1L pale plastic
Maesgwynne: 1L MH in gothic (Jennens & Co London)
Mendip: 1L MH in script with fox mask over
Meynell: Set 7L 4S MH in gothic + 1L + 1S Black
Newmarket & Thurlow: 2S N & TH in block + 3S Black
North Northumberland: 4L NNH in block with fox head in profile over + Set
South Oxfordshire: Set 5L 7S SOH in script + 3S various styles
Puckeridge & Thurlow: 1S PTH in gothic Black buttons
Romney Marsh: 2L RMH in block
Rufford: 1L RH monogram
Southdown: Set: 7L 4S + 3L 1S SDH in gothic
South Staffordshire: 3S SSH monogram with rope
Old Surrey & Burstow: 2L 1S OSBH in script
Sussex: 4S SH monogram
East Sussex: 10L 6S ESH in script - black bakelite buttons
Tickham: Set 7L 1S + 1S TH in gothic with running fox over
Tredegar & Pentyrch: 2L TPH in block
Vine: Set, 5L 3S + 2L 2S VH with vine leaf over + 4L 3S Black
North Warwickshire: Various please ask
Waveney: 4L WH in script - (now Waveney Harriers)
Whaddon Chase: 1S WCH in script with running fox over + 14L 12S Black
Wylye Valley: 2L 2S WVH in gothic with running fox over
Military Hunt Buttons for sale:
2nd Dragoon Guards Queen's Bays: 1767-1921 Known as the bays, as they were mounted on bay horses: 1 small brass button.
11th Prince Albert's own Hussars 1840-1969 1 small brass button
21st Empress of India's Lancers 1897-1921 1 large brass button Sold
3rd King's Own Hussars 1685-1958 1 large brass button
4th Queen's Own Hussars 1861- 1939 1 large brass button
Stag Hunts that have gone before:
Enfield Chace Stag Hounds: 1L 1S ECSH in script. Engraved plain background, maker: Walding, Rugby date: 1885-1912
Hunt Clubs & Foreign Hunt Buttons
Bullingdon Club: 1L 2S BC in gothic. The Bullingdon Club was originally responsible for setting up the Oxford University Drag Hunt and ran it until 1984
Cambridge University Hunt Club: 1L CUHC in script
Madras: India. 1L MH with fox mask in centre
Shanghai: China. 3L 4S 1910-1932 SPH in gothic. Backmark: Made in England
