IDENTIFY SOME BUTTONS

[mcogan / L.I. Mongo Mike]

An older member of my club asked me to try and identify these buttons.
All found on Long Island NY.

1. 22mm. Back Mark of a Crown Extra Gilt.


2. 20 mm. Double Gilt.


3. 19mm.


4. 19mm


5. 19mm. W H Jones & Co Extra.


6. 19mm.


7. 15mm.


8. 17mm.


9. 15mm



Thanks for looking.
Any help is appreciated.

 

[DCMatt]

3, maybe 4, 6, & 7 are modern buttons.

Gilt was used in the early to mid 19th century to distinguish the quality of gilding on the front of the button. Treble = 3 coatings. Double = 2.

#8 may be mid 19th C Navy button.

#9 may be the same as #7.

DCMatt

 

[taz42o]

Standard ,double and treble refer to the amount of gold in grains on a 12" surface. Whether these standards were achieved by how many times they were coated I am not sure.
But it is the amount not the layers that are referred to.


gold shall be equally spread upon their upper surface exclusively of their edges, in the proportion of 10 grains to the surface of a circle 12 inches in diameter, and in that of treble gilt, the gold shall amount to 15 grains in the same proportion.

The Button Maker.

 

[DCMatt]

taz,

Thanks for the clarification. I didn't know that.

DCMatt

Standard ,double and treble refer to the amount of gold in grains on a 12" surface. Whether these standards were achieved by how many times they were coated I am not sure.
But it is the amount not the layers that are referred to.


gold shall be equally spread upon their upper surface exclusively of their edges, in the proportion of 10 grains to the surface of a circle 12 inches in diameter, and in that of treble gilt, the gold shall amount to 15 grains in the same proportion.

The Button Maker.

 

[mcogan / L.I. Mongo Mike]

Thanks tzo43 and dcmatt for your input.
This site always helps.