✅ SOLVED Scovill Mfg Co Waterbury Button

[OpheliaN]

I found this button that I would like to know more about. It measures about 1.5 cm. On the back is stamped "Scovill Mfg Co Waterbury". Any info is appreciated. Thanks!
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[TheCannonballGuy]

As indicated in my other reply about buttons with "chicken-head" eagle and raised shield, it is a Model-1874/75 US Army "general service" Enlisted-men's uniform button. This one's particular backmark, saying "SCOVILL MFG CO . WATERBURY" (note that the dot is not a period after CO) with a ring of dots around the loop but no other rings of any kind, dates from 1880 and later. Because the Model-1874/75 eagle button was discontinued in 1902, this one of your buttons would only have been made sometime between 1880 and 1902.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

As indicated in my other reply about buttons with "chicken-head" eagle and raised shield, it is a Model-1875 US Army "general service" Enlisted-men's uniform button. This one's particular backmark, saying "SCOVILL MFG CO . WATERBURY" (note that the dot is not a period after CO) with a ring of dots around the loop but no other rings of any kind, dates from 1880 and later. Because the Model-1874/75 eagle button was discontinued in 1902, this one of your buttons would only have been made sometime between 1880 and 1902.

The 1.5cm diameter is known as a cuff-size button.