I too, would like to find out about the button of mine.

[Currencysniffer]

I too, would like to find out about the button of mine.

 

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[Treasure_Hunter]

Post move to it's own thread, please dont hijack someone else's thread.

 

[Relicboy2257]

1820’s-1850’s era flat button, probably made in England

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

The British spelling of the word color as colour in the backmark means your flatbutton is definitely British-made. Brass 1-piece flabuttons with indented-lettering backmarks first start showing up around 1810... but the War-of-1812 interrupted imports from Britain, and the war made British goods unpopular in the US until around 1820.

Brass 1-piece flatbuttons mostlly got superceded in public popularity by the advent of machine-made inexpensive "ornate" stamped-brass 2-piece buttons around the mid-1830s.

So, it's "most likely" that your British-made flatbutton was manufactured and imported into the US sometime in the 1820s to very-early 1830s.

 

[A2coins]

Great ID

 

[Currencysniffer]

He had the same button. Can you help me find the old thread now? And the same question that nobody answered.

I should have worded or different but ......


Thanks for anyone who can help me find the old thread. I want to refer his button to the nice folks who answered my question. His button had four holes drilled in it probably after loop fell off like mine.


Thanks

 

[CRUSADER]

SUPERIOR ORANGE COLOUR.

 

[IowaRelic]

Yeah that was my button. I have found many of them by now, but it’s the only one with punched holes. The solder where the shank should be is still visible. Mine have all come from 1830s-1850s era homes as stated.

 

[IowaRelic]

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/584577-early-iowa-relics.html
I will even dig it out of my case a take a better pic if you’d like.

 

[Currencysniffer]

Thanks Iowa Relic, I didn't see this button but on the web except your post. Thats why I originally "hijacked" your thread.

Thanks thecanonballguy and relicboy for the id. Couldnt find much on the web.

Sincerely,

CURRENCYSNIFFER