BEST ORANGE LONDON Button and Bucklemania

[Shakakka]

Morning fellas -

Today I found an old button about 10 inches down, on what used to be old farmland. The front seems smooth, or maybe toasted. I can't make out any details. The back reads: BEST ORANGE LONDON and is about the size of a penny:



Anyone know anything about it? I know ORANGE refers to the color, but it doesn't seem like it was ever gilted.

Also found these two buckles this morning:



And since we're on buckles, I have a few others, so I took a pic of those too. I know these aren't "today's" buckles, but you're the first to see them so here they are:



I'm a total buckle rookie, so if anyone wants to hazard a guess on them I'm all ears.

Thanks!

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

Hello Shakakka,

Nice finds!

As for your quest for buckle knowledge: Buckles 1250 - 1800, by Ross Whitehead; this is a free book download with photos and more...

Doc

 

[DownNDirty]

"Orange" referred to the tint of the gilt, so yes your button was originally gilded. One-piece buttons with back marks were made from around 1800 through the 1840s or so.

 

[Kurios1]

Nice old button. I love old brass buckles and you have some nice ones here. I don't know much about their age or history but, I do like them.

 

[dirtlooter]

buckles are cool, they held things up or together. some are fancy while others just plain but no matter what, they were important and still are in spite of velcro

 

[vpnavy]

I pulled these from other TN threads...

Buckles Through The Ages by Chris Marshall
NOTE: Most of the pictures referenced on TN are found within Chris Marshall's WebSite



Old Buckle, Flat Buttons, and Civil War Bullets - Good Weekend (Aug 10, 2015)



Unknown find from 18th Century Homestead (Jun 08, 2008)



Buckle?.. (Sep 25, 2010)



CELLAR HOLE*SILVER COLONIAL KNEE BUCKLE*KG COPPER (Sep 28, 2011)
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[RVRoamer74]

Nice display of finds. Congrats on them all !!

 

[trapperart]

Congrats