8Reales
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Shoe buckle frame ? Large button ?
Shoe buckle frame ? Large button ?
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Yes. And yes. Both about 1790 - 1810. Shoe buckles got larger and larger until they fell out of fashion. By 1820 nobody was wearing shoe buckles. Similar story with large "dandy" buttons.
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If you're convinced this isn't a button, then possibly a colonial horse rosette? 
"In modern times, the rosettes became commercially popular after the mid-1800s and continued in common use until the automobile replaced the horse-drawn vehicles in the early 1900s. However, they are still manufactured and used today. Sometimes mistaken for a button, bridle rosettes were designed first and foremost as a handsome decoration. However, in some cases they served to hold the crown piece and browband together on a riding or driving bridle. Today, horse rosettes are most easily identified by a large rectangular shank through which the bridle strap passes to hold them in place. They have been made with a wide variety of materials including glass, leather, rubber, celluloid, jet, silver, and other metals many of which can be seen below. The most popular today are those with a domed or flat glass cover set in a metal frame. Many have paper cut-outs under the glass to simulate a border and to provide the display of a picture, symbol, letter, or number. Rosettes were made in a large variety of pictorial designs and many identify a person, a family, a horse, or a story. They were also used by the Federal Calvary during the Civil War and later by certain civil-mounted police. Over time, many companies used the rosettes as advertising tools."
"In modern times, the rosettes became commercially popular after the mid-1800s and continued in common use until the automobile replaced the horse-drawn vehicles in the early 1900s. However, they are still manufactured and used today. Sometimes mistaken for a button, bridle rosettes were designed first and foremost as a handsome decoration. However, in some cases they served to hold the crown piece and browband together on a riding or driving bridle. Today, horse rosettes are most easily identified by a large rectangular shank through which the bridle strap passes to hold them in place. They have been made with a wide variety of materials including glass, leather, rubber, celluloid, jet, silver, and other metals many of which can be seen below. The most popular today are those with a domed or flat glass cover set in a metal frame. Many have paper cut-outs under the glass to simulate a border and to provide the display of a picture, symbol, letter, or number. Rosettes were made in a large variety of pictorial designs and many identify a person, a family, a horse, or a story. They were also used by the Federal Calvary during the Civil War and later by certain civil-mounted police. Over time, many companies used the rosettes as advertising tools."
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8Reales
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Yup Rosettes was my other thought
If you're convinced this isn't a button, then possibly a colonial horse rosette?
"In modern times, the rosettes became commercially popular after the mid-1800s and continued in common use until the automobile replaced the horse-drawn vehicles in the early 1900s. However, they are still manufactured and used today. Sometimes mistaken for a button, bridle rosettes were designed first and foremost as a handsome decoration. However, in some cases they served to hold the crown piece and browband together on a riding or driving bridle. Today, horse rosettes are most easily identified by a large rectangular shank through which the bridle strap passes to hold them in place. They have been made with a wide variety of materials including glass, leather, rubber, celluloid, jet, silver, and other metals many of which can be seen below. The most popular today are those with a domed or flat glass cover set in a metal frame. Many have paper cut-outs under the glass to simulate a border and to provide the display of a picture, symbol, letter, or number. Rosettes were made in a large variety of pictorial designs and many identify a person, a family, a horse, or a story. They were also used by the Federal Calvary during the Civil War and later by certain civil-mounted police. Over time, many companies used the rosettes as advertising tools."
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