Button found at very old Pennsylvania cemetery

[mkreid]

Looking for any information on this button. Found in Tioga County, PA at an old graveyard. It was recovered 6+ inches. Measures 1 inch in diameter. Front has old english style "P" in center with two outer wreath / wheat (?) boarders. The back is partially readable without removing the rest of the petrified cloth that is still in the loop. It reads (in part) ......... " ---- LL MFG. Co." and coming around to meet this is ........ " ----ORY." or "----URY." Any help would be greatly appreciated !

 

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[trikikiwi]

Re: Button found in very old Pennsylvania cemetery

Cool button. I imagine the ...ury to be the end of Waterbury. And the other word being Scovill. Now I'll look forward to one of our button experts to step in

Mike

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: Button found in very old Pennsylvania cemetery

Another P button. We just had one here recently. Its SCOVILL MFG. CO. WATERBURY.

...couple seconds too slow.

 

[trikikiwi]

Re: Button found in very old Pennsylvania cemetery

Snap! BigCy

 

[mkreid]

Re: Button found in very old Pennsylvania cemetery

WOW......... You guys are UNBELIEVABLY FAST !!! Yes, if someone could tell me age or what the "P" is ?.......... Thanks.

 

[coloradocav]

Re: Button found in very old Pennsylvania cemetery

It is a police button, similar to the script f {fireman}.

 

[trikikiwi]

Re: Button found in very old Pennsylvania cemetery

By the way, Welcome to Treasure Net, mkreid
The only way I knew that backmark is by learning from the experts here

Mike

 

[Tnmountains]

Re: Button found in very old Pennsylvania cemetery

Cemetary with cloth attached? Did you use a probe? ohh 6'' not 6'.
Welcome to T-Net

 

[mkreid]

Thanks for the welcome guys ! Yes, I opened my profile here about 2 years ago, but have been so tied up that I have not gotten out much in the last year or so to even swing my new Minelab Explorer SE. A friend found this button with his Whites and asked me about it. I immediately told him I did not know but knew exactly where to go - You guys here on Treasurenet !! And as expected, you all had me on the knowledge path in MINUTES !!! You folks really are unbelievable !............ Oh, and yes, it REALLY was 6-7 INCHES down rather than 6 feet :-) ...... that would be creapy.

Any idea how old this Police Button might be?

 

[Montana Jim]

Re: Button found in very old Pennsylvania cemetery

It is a police button, similar to the script f {fireman}.

Agree'd - generic "Police" button.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Any idea how old this Police Button might be?

Hard to say because this backmark was used from 1850-1965. Im going to theorize that a policeman may have lost a button about the TOC (turn of the century) at a funeral.

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[wolcottdigger]

I love seeing buttons with Scovill and Waterbury on them.
I was born in waterbury and my family on my fathers side
all worked at Scovills. Like many major industrial city's
Waterbury has seen better times since its peak between
the world Wars. The once mighty Scovills manufacturing
facility is now the Brass Mill Center & Commons Mall.
There is a great website about Waterbury that I will post
a link for, they even have one of my finds "A Brass Badge"
made by the Waterbury button company in the 1920s on
it. The badge is in the "Brass City Memories" section.
It would be great to know the age of your button they have
been making buttons in Waterbury for 200 years.
Great find
Joe
http://www.freewebs.com/waterburyct/

 

[mkreid]

thanks again, everyone ! we'll call this one definately solved !

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I love seeing buttons with Scovill and Waterbury on them.
I was born in waterbury and my family on my fathers side
all worked at Scovills. Like many major industrial city's
Waterbury has seen better times since its peak between
the world Wars. The once mighty Scovills manufacturing
facility is now the Brass Mill Center & Commons Mall.
There is a great website about Waterbury that I will post
a link for, they even have one of my finds "A Brass Badge"
made by the Waterbury button company in the 1920s on
it. The badge is in the "Brass City Memories" section.
It would be great to know the age of your button they have
been making buttons in Waterbury for 200 years.
Great find
Joe
http://www.freewebs.com/waterburyct/

Good link.