✅ SOLVED Large pheasant button.

[Merf]

Any info on this 1 1/8” button is appreciated. Tia.

 

[nagant]

Nice button! I can never research buttons for some reason but someone will know more. I'm in N.E. Iowa and pheasants were introduced about the same time. Google blurb- As Illinois land use changed, pheasants were introduced to replace diminished populations of prairie chickens and other game and hunters reaped the temporary bounty. Ring-necked pheasants, a species native to Asia, were first introduced in Illinois in the late 1800s. Populations peaked in the early 1950s.

 

[Tedyoh]

I believe your button is called a Sportsman button....1850's.....the two I've found both had game birds depicted.

 

[GlowingArtist]

Is that the Jefferson monument behind the bird?

 

[Tnmountains]

Wow 170 years old and in great shape. That back mark Extra Rich Quality is common but not the crown. Must have been an English gent out for birds.

 

[Merf]

I believe your button is called a Sportsman button....1850's.....the two I've found both had game birds depicted.

Thanks Tedyoh. Good info