pewter button i.d.

[mattysee]

found this button along with all these items near a cellar hole in a 10x10 area (about 100 yds from the hole) ......to me it looks like an A or a H, THANK YOU

 

[nhbenz]

Possibly a fleur de lis, shown upside down?
http://www.ahs-inc.biz/Daniels/fdl_button.html

 

[DCMatt]

I think Ben is right on - late 18th to early 19th C pewter fleur-de-lis button.



Date range is based on the large rectangular shoe buckle. By 1820 nobody was wearing those things.

DCMatt

 

[CC Hunter]

mattysee,

Your pewter button find appears to be a variant of the Spanish Ferdinand VII buttons, featuring a script F7.

The link below shows a similar style "F7" in brass buttons, with a crown above. These are known to occasionally show up in pewter as well. Your example appears to have a large script F, small 7, and no crown.

Mrkdbts


CC Hunter

 

[mattysee]

nice info guys thank you