Tiny "Tall Ship" button & tiny cabin button. What is it?

Diggincoinz

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Dec 19, 2004
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Dug these two buttons this morning with 18 other buttons today plus 7 others last week. Last week were some early flats, two eagle artillery's and one rifleman's button. Today's digs provided me with two new button that I've only ever seen a picture of, now I have one of each for myself :)

The first one is a tall ship with sails button, it is approximately 7/16 inches across. The 2nd is a tiny cabin button, approximately 1/2 inch across. I don't know what they're for or their true age.

I think I've seen these online but now I can't find anything. Does anyone know? The time period of this field is c.1800-1850's. The best I can come up with for the cabin is possibly a William Harrison 1840 Campaign Button but mine doesn't have the rim around it. I cannot read the backing on either of these two.

06.jpg IMG_0025-2.jpg Here's a online William Harrison 1840 Campaign Button... William Harrison 1840 Campaign Button original-1.jpg

Thanks for any help :)
 

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gman17

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Almost 100% sure it's a Harrison campaign button, but almost impossible to tell which one, there was a bunch. If we had a back mark we could narrow it down. do you have some calipers to measure ?
 

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Diggincoinz

Diggincoinz

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Dec 19, 2004
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Wayne County, NY
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Minelab X-Terra 70 / Tesoro TigerShark / Fisher F70
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No calipers. But in the Today's Finds thread I'm told that it most likely is and the tall ship is a Jacksonian button.
 

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