Need some help on my First Flat Button

[benmmaddog]

I found my first flat button this weekend , but I was wondering if you could help me place a age to it

I can see STAND on the back
Was wondering when it was made ,roughly only thing I could find with stand in it was "TREBLE GILT STAND d". but didn't even know if I was close
Thanks in advance

 

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[grasshopper]

Treble gilt standard was a pretty common backmark for those flat buttons, I would say early-mid 1800s. But i may be wrong.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

The word "STANDARD" (or abbreviated as "STANDd") in a 1-piece brass flat-button's backmark means it is British-made. If dug in the US, and if the backmark is written in indented (not raised) letters, the 1-piece button dates from approximately 1810 though the 1830s (when the need to import British 1-piece buttons ended). If dug in the UK, it can date as late as the 1840s.)

 

[treasurehound]

If you have not cleaned it much try using aluminum jelly. Work at it with a toothpick. The crud will come off and leave the patina. You may have to repeat a couple times depending on how crudded it is. That is all I use to clean the back of my buttons. You will be able to read everything very clear.