Some Buttons and a Brooch?

[fyrffytr1]

I know most of these are just flat buttons but I was interested in what Y'all could tell me about the top three and bottom two. I apologise for not putting a coin in the picture for size. The top three are a little larger than a quarter. The bottom two are two piece and about the size of a penny.
I think the last piece may be a brooch. It looks like there was an ear on each end that a small chain might have attached to.

 

[BuckleBoy]

The top three are made out of a shiny material called Tombac--and they date c.1790s.

The bottom left one is old--and it is a cuff button. The bottom right, with its tin back, is probably 1920s-ish.

Read my "How to Clean Buttons" thread in the "Cleaning and Preservation Section of the forum for more information and some cleaning tips:

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,165857.0.html



-Buck

 

[fyrffytr1]

Buck,
Thanks for the info. I assume the old cuff button is civilian.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Buck,
Thanks for the info. I assume the old cuff button is civilian.

Yes, the old one is mid-1800s give-or-take a decade, and it is civilian.


-Buck