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Hi everyone. I was able to hunt briefly (45 min) at the farm I've posted about in the past, and I found a couple more buttons that I'm hoping you'll offer some comments on. You've taught me a lot about buttons, but these two are a little different (again) so I need a little help.
The one that really has me stumped is the smaller one (18mm) which appears to have "Old English Font" letters on it. I see an "S" at the 1:00 position if it were a clock, and maybe a "C" or "T" at 2:00 (in Old English the T looks like a C). The next one is maybe an "L"
followed by another letter that should be an "O", but Old English "O's" aren't symmetrical like this letter is. After that letter that could be an "O" looks like the base of an "A" and then maybe a "G" at the 5:00 position, but I'm not sure.
"STLOAG" doesn't mean anything to me...so I'm guessing I got some letters wrong. And there are others to the left of the "S" (i.e. at the 10:00 and 11:00 positions).
At the 7:00 position it says "stand" in normal text.
Any thoughts on this one? Could the Old English font's letters be a makers mark or something? I searched for pictures of a button like this, but failed to find much.
Here's a picture of that smaller button with the other button I found, a 23mm one (which is an odd size for this location). That 23mm one says "Double Gilt" and has three stars on the back; the front is plain. I believe this is a typical mid-19th century button, nothing too special. Correct?
And one more picture for you: this is of the area where I normally detect, which is now covered in pumpkins! (the yellow circled area)
Today's finds were from the foreground of the picture, pretty close to the well (red arrow, which is a modern cap over the very old well) because I obviously can't get in amongst the pumpkin vines any more. The owner tells me that by late September the vines will be mostly dead and I'll be able to get back in there where the "good stuff" is.
Thanks for looking!
- Brian
The one that really has me stumped is the smaller one (18mm) which appears to have "Old English Font" letters on it. I see an "S" at the 1:00 position if it were a clock, and maybe a "C" or "T" at 2:00 (in Old English the T looks like a C). The next one is maybe an "L"
followed by another letter that should be an "O", but Old English "O's" aren't symmetrical like this letter is. After that letter that could be an "O" looks like the base of an "A" and then maybe a "G" at the 5:00 position, but I'm not sure."STLOAG" doesn't mean anything to me...so I'm guessing I got some letters wrong. And there are others to the left of the "S" (i.e. at the 10:00 and 11:00 positions).
At the 7:00 position it says "stand" in normal text.
Any thoughts on this one? Could the Old English font's letters be a makers mark or something? I searched for pictures of a button like this, but failed to find much.
Here's a picture of that smaller button with the other button I found, a 23mm one (which is an odd size for this location). That 23mm one says "Double Gilt" and has three stars on the back; the front is plain. I believe this is a typical mid-19th century button, nothing too special. Correct?
And one more picture for you: this is of the area where I normally detect, which is now covered in pumpkins! (the yellow circled area)
Today's finds were from the foreground of the picture, pretty close to the well (red arrow, which is a modern cap over the very old well) because I obviously can't get in amongst the pumpkin vines any more. The owner tells me that by late September the vines will be mostly dead and I'll be able to get back in there where the "good stuff" is.
Thanks for looking!
- Brian
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