Couple of Jackets on eBay

[McCracken140]

This jacket is very obviously bespoke, what I find interesting are the proportions. I fits me across the chest and shoulders but is short and the arms so much so that they are some 3-4" too short for me (I'm 5' 9" and wear a standard 33" sleeve). I can't see how this would fit anyone but the most odd shaped individual. Fortunately the quality is such that all the buttons are attached using circle rings and so I can transfer them over to my 1942 Meyer & Mortimer Regulation Doublet.

Do you intend to have the sleeves let out or will you pass it on? I should think given your other doublet that you would have no need for it

[figheadair]

Do you intend to have the sleeves let out or will you pass it on? I should think given your other doublet that you would have no need for it

Looking at the jacket again I discovered that there are a series of buttons on the inside of the sleeve which would have been for jabot style lace cuffs, hence the sleeve length. That sort of Levee style is dated and not to my taste so I don't plan to go down that route. cut of the jacket aside, it's really the buttons that are of interest for me as the maker, J. R. Gault & Son, whilst well known as a button manufacturer, did not usually made civilian ones, let alone in silver. So a rare find indeed.