Button ID please I know its a flat but the back mark is half gone almost

[VAdigger1988]

Button ID please I know it's a flat but the back mark is half gone almost

Can someone please ID

 

[Tony12100]

http://pw1.netcom.com/~jimyce/bm.html

 

[Tony12100]

See the link..very old nice button

 

[VAdigger1988]

Civil war period?

 

[BARKER]

Hi; Please show the front picture ok. PEACE:RONB

 

[nhbenz]

This site below shows the same button (image 14), clarifying the Hammond Turner & Sons, For John Bowan & Co. The only information I can find about John Bowen & Co. is that they folded up in 1834, so this button pre-dates that. Hammond-Turner.com - Backmarks - Hammond Turner (etc) and others

Info on John Bowen & Co Was from the top of the right hand column here: https://books.google.com/books?id=m...HTAA#v=onepage&q="john bowen and co."&f=false

 

[VAdigger1988]

No face too it really plain same color as the back I'll try and get picture as requested though.

 

[fyrffytr1]

The Hammond, Turner & Sons backmark was used from 1790-1811/14 and again from 1823-at least 1860. So, by nhbenz's reckoning the button predates 1834 but it could go back to 1790. In case you didn't know, this button is of English origin, made in Birmingham. I would consider it a good find.

 

[VAdigger1988]

Thanks found in central va

 

[VAdigger1988]

Just wondering for the info what would it be worth not that im going too separate from my collection

 

[fyrffytr1]

Probably not worth more than a couple dollars. But, to me the value is not monetary. Just finding an old button of any type is a great thrill to me. Buttons are my favorite relics to find. And, one day, Good Lord willing, I will find a Confederate one!

 

[VAdigger1988]

Best confederate I found is in my profile picture va 4 virginia button

 

[fyrffytr1]

Best find for me was a partial Georgia buckle that came out of a fire pit in many pieces. I found about half of it.

 

[nsdq]

Love finding flat buttons over IH