English Hunting Buttons

[woolshed]

My first post. I search for relics on the 1850`s goldfields near my home town. Last week I came across a group of very fragile two piece buttons.























Cheers, Woolshed.

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds and super photo's woolshed.

 

[John_Deere]

Sweet finds! Congrats and HH!

 

[grasshopper]

Nice collection of sporting buttons!!

 

[pepperj]

That's a great selection of buttons for one dig.

 

[kuger]

I have never seen any of those,and I have been a student of sporting buttons for some time!!!Fantastic buttons!!!Thanks so much for sharing those and would love to see some more of your gold field finds....and two piece buckles?

 

[Wildcat1750]

Nice variety of buttons! I like the designs on them!

 

[CC Hunter]

Those are very cool 19th Century European sporting buttons!

Looks like you found the entire coat. From what I understand, each button on these coats depicted a different game animal. A friend also found a several in one spot, digging an 1850's site, and all were different animals as well. Your buttons may have a backmark, that could be a clue to origin. I've seen sporting buttons from companies in England, France, and Germany as I recall.

CC Hunter

 

[Steve in PA]

Great grouping of sporting buttons. Thanks for sharing and welcome to T-Net!

 

[mangum]

Very cool buttons, thanks for sharing!

 

[BuckleBoy]

I had heard the story that these were given out for game killed...but I failed to realize that they would've been worn mismatched on a coat. That is a STELLAR find!

Best Wishes,


Buck

 

[woolshed]

Thank you all for your replies. I will post a few more things that I have found and hope that you find them as interesting as I find yours.

Cheers Woolshed.