I recently found this button at an old farm. It has Kendrick &co on the back and is gold gilt with a rope on the border. It about the size of a quarter.
Hi; It is an 1800's Two Piece Button. The center would have had some type of Intaglio or glass piece in it like a Wax seal. I don't think it was wax though ok. Nice find. PEACE:RONB
Kendrick & Co. started business in the early 1830s and was probably the same firm as "Ives, Kendrick & Co. In 1847 it became the "Waterville Mfg. Co. So your button dates from the 1830s to 1847 I would date it to the 1840s when two piece buttons came into production.