Mainedigger
Bronze Member
A friend found this Navy(?) anchor button at an old farm site dating back to the 1700's...any idea on an i.d. and age? thanks!!!
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Iron Patch said:Can you post the back? So many anchor buttons are close, a maker's mark and type of shank would at least set the general direction.
Iron Patch said:Can you post the back? So many anchor buttons are close, a maker's mark and type of shank would at least set the general direction.
BioProfessor said:Looks like cast pewter to me. Pre-CW??
Daryl
johnnyi said:Ironpatch, I see if you do look at a 2A in Alberts that one has the same double ringed rim as Mainediggers has (a larger ring with a smaller ring inside that one). The stock on Albert's example turns up, while Mainediggers seems straighter. The arms and flukes are also larger on digger's than any examples in Albert.
But... The examples in Albert's are very rare, to the point where he is showing barely more than a fragment in a couple different design examples. This could very well be an unaccounted for button. It's premature to vote banner yet, but I'm tempted. Great find!
johnnyi said:Iron patch, could there have been Naval activity in the Great lakes region at this time which might have brought it closer to you? I believe right aftet the Rev War some of the black enlisted naval men served in that region.
BioProfessor said:One thing to remember is that finding coat/uniform buttons does not mean that a person was there. It could have been that just the uniform/clothes were there. I do know that many items of clothing wind up a long way away from where they were worn/used. If the cloth was in good shape, it was worth money. The cloth may have been part of a shipment of clothing items to be "remanufactured" into something else or the wool reprocessed for some other use. If the cloth/clothing/uniform was in bad/bug-infested condition, it was many times sold in bales for a variety of uses. Sometimes they were plowed into fields to add organic material to the fields.
So when we try to ID a button, don't let where it was found have too much influence on the ID. It is what it is no matter where it is found.
Just my 2 cents.
Daryl
CRUSADER said:BioProfessor said:One thing to remember is that finding coat/uniform buttons does not mean that a person was there. It could have been that just the uniform/clothes were there. I do know that many items of clothing wind up a long way away from where they were worn/used. If the cloth was in good shape, it was worth money. The cloth may have been part of a shipment of clothing items to be "remanufactured" into something else or the wool reprocessed for some other use. If the cloth/clothing/uniform was in bad/bug-infested condition, it was many times sold in bales for a variety of uses. Sometimes they were plowed into fields to add organic material to the fields.
So when we try to ID a button, don't let where it was found have too much influence on the ID. It is what it is no matter where it is found.
Just my 2 cents.
Daryl
agreed, to much is put on where things are found....
Mainedigger said:Thanks for all the input and suggestions on this button, very much appreciated!!! I talked with the guy that found it and suggested he try some Naval jelly on it to see if he can clean it up some more and get some more detail to show and will post more pics if he gets them.
The knowledge that members here have and the willingness to share that knowledge and help educate the rest of us always amazes me and is what makes this forum so fantastic!!..thanks again for all the help!!