✅ SOLVED Flat button?????

[deb55]

The other side it totally flat with no writting. The words on the back is extra strong gilt. Any ideas and time period!

 

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[HutSiteDigger]

With a back-mark of "extra strong gilt" it would place it more of less in the early to mid 19th century (1815-1850s)

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

HutSiteDigger has it exactly right... a 1-piece brass "flatbutton" with an indented-lettering backmark, dug in the US, means 1810s-through-1830s.

Additional info:
Your button was manufactured for use on civilian clothing, though a few did get used on Militia uniforms. The backmark saying Extra Strong Gilt is one of the typical "quality-ratings" found on British-made brass buttons of that time period. Millions of them were imported into the US in that time period because the American button-making industry was not yet able to mass-produce them to meet the huge demand from the clothing industry. The War-of-1812, which was followed by a decade of patriotic American dislike of buying British-made products, means your button most probably arrived in the US sometime in the 1820s or early-1830s.

 

[deb55]

Thanks y'all. It was great to get an answer so quick. Any ideas on this one? Just found this today. Time period?

 

[bigfoot1]

I could swear I have seen them dogs before....hmmmm......lol

 

[HutSiteDigger]

Think that button is got two greyhounds on it! Greyhound racing was pretty popular from about 1870+ But I can't say for sure that is what that button is representing!

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Deb, a polite request:
Please don't do multiple posts requesting ID of the same object. Having two threads running simultaneously on the same object gets confusingly hard to follow. It is also "double the work" for the ID-helpers ...all of whom get no pay for their time.

Also, if you want ID of an additional object, it's best to start a new thread about it, rather than posting your request into the discussion of another object.