Button and something else

[Helix]

Cleaned up this button I found yesterday. I can't make out what is fully written on it . Wondering if anyone could help. The best I can tell looks like NEDICT&BURNHAM some of it I cant read. Also have this small handle. Part of a oil lamp it is brass?

 

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[creskol]

That is a finger hold to a candlestick

 

[Helix]

Thanks Creskol! I was thinking something something along those lines. You nailed it.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

The type of button you dug is known among button collectors as a "Fashion" button, because it was made for use on fancy civilian clothing. More specifically, it is a variety which we relic-hunters call a Flower-button because it has a Floral design on its front. Yours was manufactured by the button-making firm of Benedict & Burnham, which was in business from 1834 to 1843 in Waterbury CT.

 

[Helix]

Thanks for the help, its the first I have ever found. Well that has some good age. Thanks again!

The type of button you dug is known among button collectors as a "Fashion" button, because it was made for use on fancy civilian clothing. More specifically, it is a variety which we relic-hunters call a Flower-button because it has a Floral design on its front. Yours was manufactured by the button-making firm of Benedict & Burnham, which was in business from 1834 to 1843 in Waterbury CT.