Terrbury CONN

[PI PETE]

It’s actually Terbury CONN, I found this Button in Galveston, TX and it was very corroded. After a week of tumbling I was able to see the button name in the back. No design on the front so it doesn’t appear to be military! Any ideas?

 

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[Icewing]

Im pretty sure it used to say Waterbury Conn

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[nhbenz]

And Scovill is partially showing too.

 

[PI PETE]

Thanks, anyway to age them?

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

It is what button-collectors call a rivet-button. That type first appears in the very-late-1800s and is still being manufactured today. Rivet-buttons get used where an ordinary (sewn-on) button wouldn't be strong enough... such as pants-waist closure (blue jeans), and work clothes such as overalls/coveralls. Yours dates from the first half of the 20th Century. Scovill stopped making buttons in 1962.