Found old George Washington artifact

[joemassa]

Found this deep in the ground in the woods by revolutionary war battle site. Any ideas?

 

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[cw0909]

hi welcome to Tnet, we need a size and an img of the back
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http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/136849-please-read-before-posting-items-what.html

 

[joemassa]

Sorry, here you go.

 

[BosnMate]

Probably a bridle rosette. Goes on a headstall like the one in the photo.

 

[joemassa]

Would you say its worth anything?

 

[relicmeister]

Nice find, joemassa. What do you think makes it link to GW other than being a rev war site?

 

[nhbenz]

Nice find, joemassa. What do you think makes it link to GW other than being a rev war site?

I wondered that, but if you enlarge it you'll note it has a picture of him on it.
I think I can see where loops may have attached to work as a bridle rosette, but the rest of the back doesn't look like the ones we usually see here. I'm not very knowledgable about the varieties of these though.
I'm thinking it was a pin back, maybe celluloid type thing.

 

[joemassa]

yes, if you zoom in on the first pic you can see a portrait of him

 

[PhillyMike68]

You can def see George in the picture... Interesting

 

[nhbenz]

I find online that there seems to have been a lot of George Washington patriotic buttons made in 1932 for the bicentennial of his birth. -just a possibility

 

[relicmeister]

Maybe a souvenir from the rev war site?

 

[FreeBirdTim]

I can't find this button (or whatever it is) anywhere online, so it could be rare. I doubt if it's from 1932, though. I'm sure I could find another one somewhere online if it was that recent.

 

[Bramblefind]

Great find! Maybe something like these pieces which are noted as "Civil War" or "late 19th c."

Pin by Samantha Hickle on 1855 - 1865 Jewelry | Pinterest

George Washington Ferrotype Lapel Pin

 

[bdsawyer]

Looks very similar to many 1890s mourning pins I have had. They all have a celluloid or plastic covering over the photo, and have that metal braided type frame around the image. Is the image under glass or celluloid?

 

[shawninNY]

Not revolutionary era! Mid to late 1800s possibly early 20th c

 

[joemassa]

Yes! There is some type of coating over the picture, feels like a plastic of some sort.

 

[ipsilateral]

I agree. Mourning pin or other jewelry item.