🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Colonial Trinidad & Tobago Pulchrior Evenit Seal Button

[JimDon]

I dug this button today on a SC plantation site with the motto and seal for Trinidad & Tobago. It has Pulchroir Evenit over a sun (with a face) blowing up waves. The motto means "she gets more beautiful". I suspect the button has some official purchase for the island nation but does anyone have any ideas of age and what it might have been used for?

 

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[tamrock]

Not a button guy myself, but it sure is and interesting one. I haven't seen you posting any finds in the GS/TS forums lately JD. You done with it? Seems I've been about the only one searching for treasures in those places lately.

 

[CRUSADER]

Very cool, never seen one but it looks late 18th-early 19th C.

 

[JimDon]

I have been doing online research and found a similar button from 1840 attributed to the British Admiralty in Tobago. The Motto "Pulchrior Event" was adopted by Trinidad in 1816. I am leaning towards this being a British admiralty button from Trinidad or Tobago in the 1816-1830 period.