✅ SOLVED More Mystery Pieces from the Field/Tavern Site

[paleomaxx]

So I took NOLA_Ken's advice and I've been sifting that field site that produced the brass military and civilian buttons I posted about a few weeks back. No coins unfortunately, but I'm happy to say that it's produced a number of new buttons including the following two unusual ones and then a copper piece that looks very interesting. No idea what it is, but hopefully someone here has stumbled across it before!



The first photo is a brass two-piece button with what appears to be a rabbit on the front. It''s very hard to see, but the back has "Hammond Turner & Sons."

The second is another brass two-piece of the same size and construction, but with two horses. No writing on the back.

The third piece is copper and is symmetrical all around. There are four parallel channels and the hollow inside looks like it has very light turning marks.

 

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[powrsurg]

Those are really unigue looking buttons.

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[BosnMate]

The third item is a ram rod tip for a muzzle loading shot gun or rifle.

 

[Tony in SC]

Looks like buttons from some type of old sport coat, kinda like the later blazer? Tony

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Nice finds!

 

[Spats]

Hammond Turner and Sons of Birmingham England made buttons throughout the nineteenth century and possibly into the twentieth. My guess is that these are mid-nineteenth century "sporting" buttons.

 

[cw0909]

followed spats idea of Hammond Turner and Sons of Birmingham England

http://hammond-turner.com/images/buttons/sporting_2/fgallery1-7.jpg
http://hammond-turner.com/images/buttons/sporting/fgallery1-2.jpg
Hammond-Turner.com - Button galleries

 

[wildpig]

I agree! Looks like ramrod tip.

 

[CRUSADER]

Hammond Turner and Sons of Birmingham England made buttons throughout the nineteenth century and possibly into the twentieth. My guess is that these are mid-nineteenth century "sporting" buttons.

Agreed, we call them Hunts Buttons. Show hunting scenes & hunting related animals, horses, dogs etc & the prey; birds, foxes & that one pictured is a Hare coming from its hide.