Button?

[RiverRat3]

Also found this today. This was a " What is it" day for me. It appeares it may have been a button but I dont know. It does not have a shank. Very detailed for being so small. Just smaller than a dime. The center is hollow. Pictures does not do it justice. Thanks.

 

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[shaun7]

Yes, a button and old I think

 

[RiverRat3]

Yes, a button and old I think

Thanks shaun7, I will leave it as unsolved a little longer before I mark it solved just to see if anyone else may be able to identify it any further. Thanks

 

[Kenosha Kid]

Most likely a "ball button":

http://www.greybirdrelics.com/Buttons.htm (scroll down to "1700-1860's Misc. Buttons" for a picture of one)

Patent of 1888 for a metallic one (though they were known earlier):

http://www.buttoncountry.com/1888_Ball Buttons.htm

There were also ball button rings (probably ball button earrings, too):

http://www.kaboodle.com/reviews/marie-antoinette-antique-french-metal-button-by-koenigottokars

Sometimes people mistake these as a "Zouave" ball button; however, as far as I know, a Zouave button is plain (no pattern):

http://www.relicman.com/buttons/zArchiveButtonFedGovZouave.htm

Yours has a floral pattern on it; it might be best to get a book of vintage/antique button collecting?