anybody recognize this button

[barryh]

found this button today, I cannot make out back mark. has anyone have an idea

 

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[Bigcypresshunter]

outdoor lighting would make a better photo

 

[fyrffytr1]

Like BCH said, outdoor lighting and take some pictures from different angles.

 

[creskol]

Looks like a Golden Age button with a leaf motif.

 

[barryh]

thanks for looking!

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

thanks for looking!

Well we tried. Looks like a clover. But we cant read the backmark with the picture you provided. The flash or light reflection may be the problem. Can you read any of it in person?

BTW if you take another photo outside, turn off the flash. That may be the problem. The dark background is fine.

 

[fyrffytr1]

I tried editing the backmark picture in an effort to read it without success.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

I agree with my good friend Creskol... looks like a Golden Age button with a leaf motif -- but we need to know the backmark to be sure of its time-period. The emblem on the button looks to me like a fig leaf. Here's a photo of one, from Wikipedia.

 

[barryh]

OK took some more pics hope these are better. looks to me like Hillsboro rand co

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Barryh, thank you for the partial reading of your button's backmark. Rather than HILLSBORO RAND CO, my guess is that it says "D. EVANS & CO / ATTLEBORO" (in Massachusets). Does it have "MA" or "MASS" or "MS" somewhere in the backmark? That company manufactured buttons with that backmark (no MA or MS or MASS) from 1848 to about 1880.

 

[barryh]

Thanks for the update. still hard to make out but I can see where it may say D. Evans & CO / Attleboro. I don't see a MA, MS or MASS. Thanks again Pete. Hope your doing well. Haven't seen you in ages. Kathy say's hello.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

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[barryh]

That's great! I looked all over net for other pics like the one I have. so, civil war era but not military. doesn't have to military now days getting hard to find good places to go. Thanks a lot BCH I really appreciate the pics. check my new post for today got another one in an hour. different place though. happy hunting.