Yep...These are the only two I've found and the one is right at an 1 1/2 the other at 1 3/8.Both from late 1700 to 1800's house's.Nice dig,post a pic when you get it all cleaned up
Excellent button! If you use the "toothpick method" I describe in the link below, you'll be able to see the design very clearly. If you've already used water on it, then it is too late. Take a look.
Nice Dandy! Worn by a man who practiced "Dandyism" It was practiced by some men, that if he wore large buttons like the one you found on his clothing, he would be noticed as higher status in society. The original, full form of 'dandy' may have been "jack-a-dandy." It was a vogue word during the Napoleonic Wars. In that contemporary slang, a "dandy" was differentiated from a "fop" in that the dandy's dress was more refined and sober than the fop's.