It is an "ornate" 1-piece brass flatbutton for use on fancy civilian clothing, manufactured in Birmingham England sometime between approximately 1800 and the 1830s. Imported from England to the US because at that time the young American button-making industry was unable to mass-produce enough buttons to satisfy the demand-level from the clothing industry.
Well I wish I could say I found it but I didn't . It was in a box of relics that my husband bought to pick through and find items to group together to sell at antique stores in our area.
Well I wish I could say I found it but I didn't . It was in a box of relics that my husband bought to pick through and find items to group together to sell at antique stores in our area.