A button A bell A buckle......Fun day so far!!

[outraged]

Anyone know the ID of this button, Buckle age, or What that other thingy is??
The button eye on the back is pushed almost through the front...very sad!!

 

[Pangus]

I dunno anything about buttons, but the whatchamacallit is one half of a hinge. Judging on size it couls be a foot locker hinge to a door or gate hinge....

my .02

 

[goldencoin]

the button is WWII and the bell is a crotal bell i think

HH
-GC

 

[PBK]

Right you are, GC!

Actually, the button could date anywhere from 1902 to 1945. (The cutoff date is based on the Evans backmark, which was mentioned in another thread.)

Here are a couple of links on crotal or rumbler bells. (Some are also called petal bells because of the designs on them.)

http://classicbells.com/info/BellDesign/Petal/Petal.htm

http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/pages/crotal-bells.html