2 BUTTONS THAT I NEED HELP WITH!!!

[petroguy3666]

HI AGAIN, I FOUND THESE 2 BUTTONS ON THE FLORIDA COAST THIS SUMMER. BOTH ARE FROM DIFFERENT AREAS, ABOUT 20 MILES APART. THE WHITE 1 IS VERY HARD, NOT LIKE A METAL ALMOST LIKE A STONE KIND OF FEEL TO IT. IT HAS SR ON THE BACK. THE OTHER ONE HAS THE MAKERS MARK ON BACK, BUT I COULDNT ID IT. THE AREA I WAS HUNTING HAS SEEN EVERYTHING FROM PIRATES TO CIVIL WAR ACTIVITY, SO I JUST DONT KNOW WHAT TO THINK. THATS WHERE I HOPE OU GUYS CAN FILL IN THE BLANKS

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Button-collectors call the second button a brass one-piece "flatbutton." The backmark saying "Robinson & Co." means it was made by the R&W Robinson button-manufacturing firm in Attleboro MA sometime between 1812 and 1826. After that time, the Robinson brothers' firm had added partners whose name were therefore added to the backmark. (Such as Robinson, Jones, and Co.) The design on its front shows it was made for civilian usage, not military.

 

[petroguy3666]

THAT HELPS BIG TIME, THATS 1 DOWN, I AM HOPING SOMEONE HAS SOME INFO ON THE OTHER 1

 

[fyrffytr1]

The first one looks like it might be pewter with a stylistic eagle on the front.

 

[sutphin]

PETRO NICE FINDS ...

 

[petroguy3666]

THANK YOU GUYS, YEAH VERY HAPPY, BUT THAT WHITE BUTTON IS STUMPING ME, YOUR RIGHT IT DOES HAVE A EAGLE LOOK TO IT. I THOUGHT IT LOOKED LIKE A FLORAL TYPE PATTERN, BUT I JUST DONT KNOW. NOT KNOWING WHAT THAT SR ON BACK IS DRIVES YOU CRAZY