Button Help Please?

[CRUSADER]

Got this today:
24mm
I think its Napoleonic, I thinks its French or Prussian or Austrian but not English.

The back mark is hard to make out:

WA?RY BUTTON CO. (not sure on the R before the Y. Button Co. is pretty clear)

 

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[Montana Jim]

Waterbury button company... pattern number 11368

http://www.waterburybutton.com/cart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=0&idproduct=19641

 

[CRUSADER]

Waterbury button company... pattern number 11368

http://www.waterburybutton.com/cart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=0&idproduct=19641

Nice ID. When was it made, it looks like an old loop type circa 1812??

 

[Montana Jim]

Waterbury button company... pattern number 11368

http://www.waterburybutton.com/cart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=0&idproduct=19641

Nice ID. When was it made, it looks like an old loop type circa 1812??

Yes, it's a "birdcage shank" - at least thats what I remember them being called.

The date, I think, looking at what I can see of the backmark: WATERBURY BUTTON CO. 1849-1965

But, as a one piece with that old-school shank maybe it's something else... I'll keep looking

 

[CRUSADER]

Waterbury button company... pattern number 11368

http://www.waterburybutton.com/cart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=0&idproduct=19641

Nice ID. When was it made, it looks like an old loop type circa 1812??

Yes, it's a "birdcage shank" - at least thats what I remember them being called.

The date, I think, looking at what I can see of the backmark: WATERBURY BUTTON CO. 1849-1965

But, as a one piece with that old-school shank maybe it's something else... I'll keep looking

I guess it could be late 1800s, as a lot of the other stuff is around that date.

Cheers.