Scoville Button

[GroundSnooper]

Found this about 6 inches down, it is a Scovill MFG button, can't determine what the center insignia is. Someone suggested that the outer design may be firefighter related. Any help? Couldn't find anything on Scovill's site.

 

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[Bramblefind]

A button like that is listed in Albert's "American Uniform and Historical Buttons" book in the Schools, Universities & Academies section. But not much info is provided about it...

 

[GroundSnooper]

A button like that is listed in Albert's "American Uniform and Historical Buttons" book in the Schools, Universities & Academies section. But not much info is provided about it...

That is awesome! Thanks for the help! I will marked this solved but if anyone else has any further info that would be awesome! I found a website forum talking about one of these and someone remarked that it is probably dated 1860-1880

 

[GroundSnooper]

With the listed information from Bramblefind I found this Re: Is this a Civil War Era Flock Coat? - The eBay Community according to this post the button dates 1860-1880

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

The Scovill Mfg. Co. made buttons whose backmark shows that specific name for 112 years (from 1850 through 1962). We cannot time-date your button without seeing a well-focused closeup photo of its backmark.

By the way, there is no "e" in Scovill. It is a family-name, not a town name.

 

[GroundSnooper]

The Scovill Mfg. Co. made buttons whose backmark shows that specific name for 112 years (from 1850 through 1962). We cannot time-date your button without seeing a well-focused closeup photo of its backmark. By the way, there is no "e" in Scovill. It is a family-name, not a town name.

lol, yeah I know, I realized that afterward and forgot to correct it, hazard of auto correct on iPad
I will post a better picture tomorrow, I do not have the button with me. Thanks for any assistance, I have never found a Scovill button before.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Thank you for providing a closeup photo of your button's backmark. It says "SCOVILL MF'G CO. WATERBURY" with a ring of dots encircling the thread-loop and lacking any stars or dots or other designs. It matches up exactly with a photo in the backmark-dating book by McGuinn-&-Bazelon as dating from 1880 to 1920. It is shown at lower left in the scan (posted below) from the book's photopage of Scovill Mfg. Co. backmarks.

 

[GroundSnooper]

Thank you for providing a closeup photo of your button's backmark. It says "SCOVILL MF'G CO. WATERBURY" with a ring of dots encircling the thread-loop and lacking any stars or dots or other designs. It matches up exactly with a photo in the backmark-dating book by McGuinn-&-Bazelon as dating from 1880 to 1920. It is shown at lower left in the scan (posted below) from the book's photopage of Scovill Mfg. Co. backmarks.

Thanks CannonballGuy! Any additional idea what the insignia would be? I greatly appreciate what you have already given me! Thank you very much.