old button identification needed

[dave_e]

Found this button at an 1830's home site permission.
It's a little smaller than a penny.
I know nothing about buttons so any info you have is appreciated.

 

[trapperart]

Looks like top of 2 piece button?

 

[dave_e]

I think it still has 2 pieces. The back (2nd pic) has 3 equidistant holes, and possibly a broken off loop.

 

[relic lover]

That is an interesting button. Some of those buttons with blow holes in the back are Colonial. I'm not sure if this is one of them but I am sure someone will chime in who knows more

 

[BARKER]

Hi; It is a 2 Piece Button. That makes it correct for the time period as the One Piece Button became virtually extinct with the advent of the 2 Piece Button in 1813. That puts your button squarely in time with the age of the Plantation itself. The design is a basic design and was most likely a shirt button ok. Nice Find. PEACE:RONB

 

[nhbenz]

...the One Piece Button became virtually extinct with the advent of the 2 Piece Button in 1813...

Where is this information coming from?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

That is an interesting button. Some of those buttons with blow holes in the back are Colonial. I'm not sure if this is one of them but I am sure someone will chime in who knows more

I dont know much about vented /blowhole buttons and I dont know if any had 3 holes but here is a thread on those 1700 type buttons. http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/my-best-finds/216095-blowhole-buttons-only-2.html

 

[fyrffytr1]

When you enlarge the pictures by clicking on them it actually looks like the button is a three piece one, The front and back look like they are held together by a band. I don't know about others but it looks fairly modern to me.

 

[CRUSADER]

When you enlarge the pictures by clicking on them it actually looks like the button is a three piece one, The front and back look like they are held together by a band. I don't know about others but it looks fairly modern to me.

Agreed, looks 20th C to me & I'm not convinced its a button either.

 

[dave_e]

Thanks for the info so far!
Here are 2 close up pics of the sides. One shows where the front piece is cracked and appears to be separating from the back.

 

[dave_e]

2 more side pics showing the front and sides are indeed one piece.

 

[dave_e]

One last image from Sgt Riker's Civil War Trading Post - Miscellaneous Buttons
Lower right kind of resembles the one I found, except it has 4 marks instead of 3. Thanks for looking.

 

[CRUSADER]

One last image from Sgt Riker's Civil War Trading Post - Miscellaneous Buttons
Lower right kind of resembles the one I found, except it has 4 marks instead of 3. Thanks for looking.

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I'm now a little more positive that yours is a button, still think its 20th C.

I looked at your link & this picture, & not convinced the 4 hole thing is a button.

They also had no clue that the Cockerel foot with fighting spurs was a Livery Button from;

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1871-1873[/FONT]

[TD="width: 161"] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Reynolds & Co[/FONT]
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[TD="width: 180"] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]50 St Martins Lane London [/FONT]
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[TD="width: 217"][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Livery buttons [/FONT]
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They thought (& not even worth $5 in my opinion);

"Vintage Large Chicken Foot 1-Piece Button.
This 26mm button was excavated in Central Virginia and features a chicken foot on the front. The shank is gone, and the backmark is "Reynolds & Co./ London/ 50 St. Martin's Ln." The street name is illegible, but a little research disclosed that this company operated under that name from 1861 to the 1870s. We don't know the significance of this button, but we believe chicken's feet played a part in voodoo.
Item BU8068 $39.95"