Old Button Found

[DiggingThePast777]

I found what I'm pretty sure is an old button taking a walk in the field it was sitting on the top of the ground I took it home grinded a toothpick down and began cleaning the cruddy dirt off but if you do it for too long it will take the lettering and symbols off I don't have Andre's Pencils and I should probably wait till I get a set to further clean it or is there a better method does anybody recognize the brand and the lettering on this button is it old please help me out folks give me some info here😉

 

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[creskol]

I believe your button would date from the late 1700s to the early part of the 1800s

and probably looked like this originally.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Creskol is right. That soldered eye without a foot dates it. Great surface find!