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[Rust In Piece]

It says rich colour on back, with a little star on each side inbetween words. The front appears to be blank. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanx.

 

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[duggap]

Those are called flat or coin buttons. The back mark should be English and they are made from 1790 to 1830s. (learned that from the Cannonballguy).

 

[Rust In Piece]

Those are called flat or coin buttons. The back mark should be English and they are made from 1790 to 1830s. (learned that from the Cannonballguy).

Thank you so much. And Props to the cannonballguy.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

A bit more info:
Because your 1-piece brass flatbutton's backmark has the British spelling of color as "colour," we know it is a British-made button. American-made ones do exist, but those date in the second half of the 1790s-through-1830s timerange.

Also... your flatbutton's backmark is written in "indented" lettering, which does not appear on flatbutton backmarks until about 10 years later than "raised" lettering (which was used on flatbuttons from about 1790 onward).