SC Dirt Diggers Beaufort Hunt Part 2

[Bharpring]

Finds from the second day of the SC Dirt Diggers Beaufort Hunt include 3 flat buttons and a colonial clasp, which I believe to be a cape clasp.



SC Dirt Diggers Beaufort Hunt Part 2- Colonial Book Clasp

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!! Congrats!!

 

[CRUSADER]

I've seen simpilar early clothes fasteners but they have 1 or 2 holes at 1 end and a hook.
Never seen this type before!

 

[sandchip]

It's shaped like a historical flask, of course I always have bottles on the brain. Looks sorta like some kind of image on it?

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congrats on the nice hunt!

 

[Bharpring]

ha ha. I will have more bottles to post soon.

 

[CalReg]

I am envious! We have friends that own a vacation home on Fripp Island, and every time I pass through Beaufort, I think about MD'ing there. Congrats!

 

[CRUSADER]

Had another close look at the front. I can see writing around the edge, kind of looks like:
WARRANTY...?

 

[Bharpring]

Had another close look at the front. I can see writing around the edge, kind of looks like:
WARRANTY...?

Yeah, I have been studying the writing for hours with a loop and still can’t quite make it out. It also looks like I see PURRYSBURG...??

 

[CRUSADER]

Yeah, I have been studying the writing for hours with a loop and still can’t quite make it out. It also looks like I see PURRYSBURG...??

OK that is a place in SC.
My first thoughts was late 17th C until I saw the writing which I think puts it in the 19th C. Still not sure of its function, other than a clasp to?