✅ SOLVED Button or drawer pull?

[Jack873]

Found in my yard. Believe it is made of brass.

 

[DCMatt]

Late 17th - early 18th C cast nipple button?

 

[Iron Patch]

Late 17th - early 18th C cast nipple button?

No, they are quite different. If you could see the side profile of the nipple button you would have eliminated that thought right away. Plus the metal is wrong, as is the iron on the back of the unknown. That said it does look old but not sure what type of button, if it even is a button. I have seen brass ones with a nipple, but they have no iron content.

 

[Jack873]

Just found this post made by Silver Tree Chaser.
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/t...p-lots-coppers-buttons-but-no-silver-yet.html

He found one that looks very similar (5th picture down). It doesn't show the back of it, but he says it is a "Nipple-type leather mount and dress button. They should date from the 17th Century".

 

[Jack873]

Can anyone else chime in?

 

[Jack873]

I believe I have figured it out. It's a horse's bridle rosette . Possibly colonial or civil war era?