2 Dandy buttons 1700s & 1800s

[Don Chiasson]

2 Dandy buttons 1700's & 1800's

One of then was no digging required..right on top of the trail!!



1800's front ( copper )



Back ( missing loop )



1700's front



Back ( with loop )



For size compared to penny.

 

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[creskol]

NICE!! I like the design on that one! Good finds!

 

[recondigger]

them are some dandy buttons way to go

 

[Don Chiasson]

The top button is copper 1800's and the bottom is 1700's ( wooden).. Hard to believe still exists but...... I showed it to antique/ coin dealer and he was blown away of the condition!

 

[CRUSADER]

The top button is copper 1800's and the bottom is 1700's ( wooden).. Hard to believe still exists but...... I showed it to antique/ coin dealer and he was blown away of the condition!

No 1800s buttons in your picture. The antique dealer needs some lessons.

 

[Tnmountains]

The top button is copper 1800's and the bottom is 1700's ( wooden).. Hard to believe still exists but...... I showed it to antique/ coin dealer and he was blown away of the condition!

If they are not what the poster says then what is your opinion?

 

[CRUSADER]

If they are not what the poster says then what is your opinion?

Do you mean me?

If so they are both 1750-80s

 

[Don Chiasson]

Do you mean me?

If so they are both 1750-80s

Which I said 1 was from the 1700's the other on ( copper ) is early 1800's dated by an antique dealer that knows the area. But, it's all good I don't care what anyone thinks... Good finds and I had a great time fining them!

 

[CRUSADER]

Which I said 1 was from the 1700's the other on ( copper ) is early 1800's dated by an antique dealer that knows the area. But, it's all good I don't care what anyone thinks... Good finds and I had a great time fining them!

You should care about the facts, not what anyone thinks.

 

[Steve in PA]

Nice buttons, especially the one with the design. Both are late 1700s and may have been in use to 1810 at the latest (in my opinion).

Now about one of them being wood? Your pictures are a little blurry, but I can't see wood in that button..

 

[CRUSADER]

Nice buttons, especially the one with the design. Both are late 1700s and may have been in use to 1810 at the latest (in my opinion).

Now about one of them being wood? Your pictures are a little blurry, but I can't see wood in that button..

Dandy buttons were UK manufacture 1750-80s, but I'm pretty sure most of them never got over there until 1780-1790s, & maybe early 1800s as well.

 

[Don Chiasson]

Nice buttons, especially the one with the design. Both are late 1700s and may have been in use to 1810 at the latest (in my opinion).

Now about one of them being wood? Your pictures are a little blurry, but I can't see wood in that button..

My camera on my phone isn't that great, I'll get a better picture for you later today..




Again I'll get a better pi a bit later... But you can almost see the fray on the nub like splinters..

 

[g-olden years]

CONGRATS! Your dandy buttons are just ----dandy! That copper is an absolute beauty! Hope you find more goodies in that area! Andi

 

[Silver Searcher]

Dandy buttons date to the 18th-19th century, when they first appeared seems a bit of a mystery, late or early 18th C. Gordon Baily dates them to the late 18th C.

SS

 

[Steve in PA]

Dandy buttons were UK manufacture 1750-80s, but I'm pretty sure most of them never got over there until 1780-1790s, & maybe early 1800s as well.

From my experience they show up most frequently on sites that were active during the 1780 - 1810 time frame. I dug a site that was active from the 1750s and abandoned in 1790 and found no Dandys, but it was loaded with tombacs and pewter buttons. This place was a prominent citizen's house along the road to Fort Pitt and would have seen all kinds of people passing through. I also dug a site where an iron furnace was started in 1794 and abandoned around 1812 and there were lots of Dandys. Western PA in the late 1700s was on the fringe of the frontier and people wore whatever they could get their hands on and they wore their clothes out. I'm sure they also wore stuff shipped from England that went out of style over there 20 years earlier - LOL

 

[CRUSADER]

From my experience they show up most frequently on sites that were active during the 1780 - 1810 time frame. I dug a site that was active from the 1750s and abandoned in 1790 and found no Dandys, but it was loaded with tombacs and pewter buttons. This place was a prominent citizen's house along the road to Fort Pitt and would have seen all kinds of people passing through. I also dug a site where an iron furnace was started in 1794 and abandoned around 1812 and there were lots of Dandys. Western PA in the late 1700s was on the fringe of the frontier and people wore whatever they could get their hands on and they wore their clothes out. I'm sure they also wore stuff shipped from England that went out of style 20 over there years earlier - LOL

Exactly, they were out of fashion by the time they made it over there.