I’ve never dug one like this. It’s dandy-size, except it’s embossed with a scene of a woman and a dog in front of a cathedral and town. Any ideas? It looks and feels like a flat button, but I doubt it’s that old.
Turns out it’s stamped brass picture button from about 1900. And that’s not a little dog. The scene is Esmeralda and her dancing goat from The Hunchback of Notre Dame.