Another flat button ...CROSS London no back mark

[NEPADIGGER7]

From another old homesite settled in mid 1700s in northeast PA...say CROSS bottom says London but it also looks like a eagle or a crown on top right above the word CROSS lol or whatever else my mind thinks. I’m really interested to see what this one is.

 

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[fyrffytr1]

I am having no luck at all finding anything pertaining to your button. Is there something above Cross?

 

[NEPADIGGER7]

Yeah looks like an eagle standing on something

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

The lettering reminds me of an overalls button. https://www.pinterest.com/bluebirdbuttons/vintage-overall-buttons/

 

[NEPADIGGER7]

Yeah but this isn’t raised lettering it’s pressed in and it’s old very crude letting

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Yeah but this isn’t raised lettering it’s pressed in and it’s old very crude letting

The button looks older than the overall era but I seem to remember a company called CROSS from London. But I wasnt able to find it. And I could be wrong. Could we see a side view if that shank?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Did anybody search that link to see if its there? I just had eye surgery and its hard to search.

 

[fyrffytr1]

I looked briefly but could only find reference to Cross pens.

 

[tamrock]

It does look like the kind of old button that be used on work clothing. My guess on the age is later Victorian era, but I'm not any kind of a button expert.

 

[Hawks88]

I searched cross and gross London garment buttons but didn’t see anything even close. Nice find though. Congrats. I hope you get a positive ID soon.

 

[NEPADIGGER7]

Thank you I hope I get a positive Id too

 

[NEPADIGGER7]

Thank you I hope I get a positive Id too

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Yeah but this isn’t raised lettering it’s pressed in and it’s old very crude letting

Some work clothes button lettering is pressed in like the one bottom right. Your button looks old but the lettering doesn't look crude to me, just corroded. Is your button concave?

 

[NEPADIGGER7]

Yeah it is slightly concave...crude as in the letter of London isn’t spaced perfectly

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Hard to tell with the corrosion but it appears to be no serifs on the lettering which you would normally see pre-20th century.

 

[CASPER-2]

C is smaller than the R
is it CROSS or possible C ROSS
could check here or ask guys here
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[fyrffytr1]

C is smaller than the R
is it CROSS or possible C ROSS
could check here or ask guys here
Findsindex

he last S is also smaller. I think it is just the way the button was made.