Tricorn Hat Button!

[Lost Signal]

Okay...... that's what mbcuce thinks it might be, and it does seem plausible. I've seen the "tallio" cufflinks, and this looks like a similar fox, but it's not a cufflink or a conventional button. It has a prong similar to those found on leather ornaments, and maybe that's what it is but I've noticed that pictures of try-corner hats often depict a button, that holds up the brim in some way.

It's just under 1" dia. The material is either pewter or lead.

Thanks for looking.

 

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[smokeythecat]

That one's nice and the pewter is in great shape. it is most likely called a "livery" button and were used widely by servants to the rich folks way back in the day. Nice find for sure.

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Lost Signal]

That one's nice and the pewter is in great shape. it is most likely called a "livery" button and were used widely by servants to the rich folks way back in the day. Nice find for sure.

Thanks for the ID! It was the shank that was throwing us off. Do you think it was a ring that broke and straightened out, or is it a prong that would have been crimped over to hold the button on?

Now that I look at my own photo enlarged, I think you can see where the ring broke.

 

[mbcuce]

I don’t think the shank is broken and straightened, I think maybe a price broke off and it was a two pronged pin.

 

[CRUSADER]

I don’t think the shank is broken and straightened, I think maybe a price broke off and it was a two pronged pin.

100% a shank to a pewter hunts button.

 

[Lost Signal]

100% a shank to a pewter hunts button.

Thanks for weighing in, Crusader.

I'm glad to have found the button. It's the only "sporting" button in my collection. But, I have to admit there was some let-down when I finally got my glasses on and got it cleaned off a bit.

At the top of my bucket list is a U.S. Revolutionary War button. We live in Francis Marion's stomping grounds, so when I first looked at it, caked in dirt, I thought the torso of the animal might be a "dog bone."

Gonna have to keep looking....

 

[lowcountry]

Awesome button!! That's still on my list😁