Possibly a Unique Button - Jenny Lind Button

[Isaac]

Guys, yesterday with Luke (PACIVILWARLUKE), I could've dug an extremely rare button. Possibly my best button yet... the lady on the button is named Jenny Lind (the text around her head shows her full name). Here's a little bit of history about her. Jenny was born in Sweden in 1820. She was a soprano opera singer and was one of the most admired singers of the 1800s. She began singing at the age of 10 and toured Europe in the 1830s and 1840s. In 1850 she sailed to the United States, when she arrived on the docks of New York City, she was greeted by a massive crowd of 30,000 people which shows how publicized and talented she was. She ended up touring the United States east cost from 1850-1852 then sailed back to Europe, got married, settled in England, and had a 3 kids. She then became a professor for singing at the Royal College of Music and died in 1887. I am thinking this was worn by a fan of her work and wanted to support her! It's not in any button books or online, I've never heard of one dug so I'm calling it a one-of-a-kind button and the history behind it is cool! This narrows down the date to the early 1850s and could've been worn by a civil war soldier promoting her... the site we were on was occupied by soldiers. Thanks for reading take care everyone! Happy Hunting!



















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[Trezurehunter]

Very nice button find.

 

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[Scrappy]

You guys never cease to amaze me. I'm honestly impressed. Can't believe I missed this! Just saying guys, because this is in a book and there's no pictures and only a basic drawing to show what it may look like, it has to be EXTREMELY rare!!!!! It's cuff sized and it is pushed in. It's obviously a LOT more scarce than the bucket lister I was hoping to cross off, a confederate button. I'm a happy camper! Thanks so much everyone!!! HH

Extremely rare? Looks like Rick67 found one just like it too. Drawings I've found don't always indicate rarity. Nice button

 

[Isaac]

Extremely rare? Looks like Rick67 found one just like it too. Drawings I've found don't always indicate rarity. Nice button

Considering I've only now seen two buttons dug searching detecting forums ( mine and Ricks), I think it's plausible to say it's pretty freaking rare.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the beautiful button!