British crown on reverse of button??

[GoingDown]

any significance to the crown on the back of the button?

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[Dano Sverige]

Probably stands for "suppliers to HM the king/queen". Odd there's no makers name though.

 

[DirtDigler]

Normally, the crown is only shown on products which are provided by suppliers to the Royals. Often worded as "Purveyors to the crown" or "...to the King (or Queen)". These suppliers secured a contract with the crown to produce their product, anything from cheese, to furniture, to pottery, and yes, even to buttons. These purveyors then earned the right to display the crown on all their products, which was a nice selling feature. Anything "Fit for the King" was usually good enough for anybody else. But it wouldn't necessarily indicate a military use. I gleaned this info from the series BBC programs, aired on PBS, detailing the history of Britain and narrated by Prince Andrew. Hope that helps.

 

[jdsarasin8194]

Normally, the crown is only shown on products which are provided by suppliers to the Royals. Often worded as "Purveyors to the crown" or "...to the King (or Queen)". These suppliers secured a contract with the crown to produce their product, anything from cheese, to furniture, to pottery, and yes, even to buttons. These purveyors then earned the right to display the crown on all their products, which was a nice selling feature. Anything "Fit for the King" was usually good enough for anybody else. But it wouldn't necessarily indicate a military use. I gleaned this info from the series BBC programs, aired on PBS, detailing the history of Britain and narrated by Prince Andrew. Hope that helps.

does that mean this was made for a king/queen?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

does that mean this was made for a king/queen?

It only means that it was made in England of good quality "fit for a king". It looks like a one piece cast shank. I would imagine most buttons came from England in the early days of our country.

 

[Don in SJ]

The buttons with a crown backmark question has come up here a few times. They are actually somewhat of a common find if hunting sites that have buttons from around the late 1790's up thru 1830 or so. Here is a statement from Tice's Dating Buttons book. "Beginning around 1800, backmarks often included icons such as eagles, feather, and crowns."

Don

 

[Duke]

I found two war of 1812 atillery button with the same back.so I will put an early 1800s date on it that's all I can do but I know that during that time there were alot blanks they made many different buttons with them