Rich orange

[Rgk50]

Dug a button with, RICH ORANGE, engraved on back, 1/2" diameter, face is a seven sided star?
Does the star help identify origin or age?

 

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[Doubter in MD]

Pics will help a lot.

 

[Rgk50]

Workin on the pics

 

[Tom_in_CA]

That's a "gilt" button. They began out of some laws in the 1790s, to ensure standards on button manufacture industry. Ie.: I guess there had been spurious low quality buttons, claiming to be a certain thickness or platings, yet were cheap knockoffs. So the govt (England?) instituted some law requiring manufacturer's to put their name or logo/motto on the back. Sometimes with "triple gilt" or "double gilt" or "London fine", or "rich orange quality", blah blah blah. So yours post dates the 1790s. The practice seems to have ended in the 1860s.

The "rich orange" is probably an 1830s to '50s era button.

 

[coinman123]

I agree with the above, 1830's would be a good guess. I found quite a few of those last year.

 

[Doubter in MD]

Thanks to the expertise of the people here on T-Net it turns out you don't need a picture to get a good ID. Nice job guys. I'm not an expert, or even a novice so I should have stayed out of the conversation.

Having said that... I'd still like to see it if you're inclined to post a picture of it. The finds by the users of this site fascinate me.

 

[Rgk50]

I reposted with a pic

 

[Rgk50]

 

[Rgk50]

Any ideas on the "seven sided star"?

 

[coinman123]

Newer than I thought, age I said was because I thought it was a flat button.

It's a two piece button, probably mid 1800's to around the 1870's.

Still, Pretty cool button. I found one just like that except it had a cross.