What would a button this tiny have been used for? ~18th century tack~

[creskol]

Thanks

 

[timekiller]

Re: What would a button this tiny have been used for?

Are you sure it's a shank?I've got quite a few tack heads from the 18th century that look just like it.
Take care,
Pete,

 

[timekiller]

Re: What would a button this tiny have been used for?

Like this?

 

[creskol]

Re: What would a button this tiny have been used for?

Are you sure it's a shank?I've got quite a few tack heads from the 18th century that look just like it.
Take care,
Pete,

Good thought, Pete .. I thought it was a shank, but now, after looking at it a little closer, I think it may well be a tack that is clinched over.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Re: What would a button this tiny have been used for?

Yeah that's most likely a furniture tack. I still think they are cool. I know some types were used on musket guns too.

 

[creskol]

Re: What would a button this tiny have been used for?

Yeah that's most likely a furniture tack. I still think they are cool. I know some types were used on musket guns too.

I found this one in the woods all by its lonesome... it is tiny, measuring only 5/16 of an inch in diameter.

 

[timekiller]

Re: What would a button this tiny have been used for?

Yeah that's most likely a furniture tack. I still think they are cool. I know some types were used on musket guns too.

I found this one in the woods all by its lonesome... it is tiny, measuring only 5/16 of an inch in diameter.

Here's just one of many uses I'm sure.
Small Dome-Top Trinket Box
Brass Upholstery Tacks
18th Or Early 19th Century
Maple
Covered in salmon and blue block-printed wallpaper
Take Care,
Guy's
Pete,

 

[fyrffytr1]

OK, here is a tack like the ones pictured and a button the same size. You can see the loop on the back.