"Super fine" button

[lisfisher]

Dug this cool button yesterday, having a hard time making out what the emblem is on the front. Maybe the button experts on here can rotate the views and figure out what this is. On the back it say's "SUPER FINE" and also says "EXTRA" on the opposite end. I think this was a quality grading system in Britain where they were made.

 

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[treblehunter]

I'm not an expert, but usually extra means gilt (gold) I think your right also about the grading.

I think that is one cool button you found, nice save.

 

[lisfisher]

I just heard back from a civil war era button collector, this is what he said:

it is a dotted, floral pattern. It is a button made for the civilian trade c.1830's.

 

[Old Dude]

Nice button. Looks to be in pretty darned good shape for that age. Congrats on another nice find from you.

 

[F75PAHUNTER]

Any button is cool

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

When you look very closely, you will see a tiny single letter "W" at the 9 o'clock position and another "W" at the 3 o'clock position. They indicate the button was manufactured by the Wadhams & Webster Company of Wolcottville CT. The company used that name only from 1838 to 1846.

I should mention, the terms "Superfine" and "Extra" (probably followed by "Rich") in your US-made button's backmark were copied from the British button-making industry's quality-ratings.

The other information you received about it is correct... it is definitely a brass 1-piece "floral pattern" button manufactured for "fancy" Civilian-usage coats.