button ID help

[boondocker]

found this the other day. It has a flower pattern around the button and no markings on the back. any help would be greatly appreciated thanks Dean

 

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[vayank54]

It's a tombac button from the late 1700's. Tombac is a mixture of copper and arsenic

 

[BuckleBoy]

vayank is dead on with the ID.

That's a nice button there--and I'd say imagine it would clean up great with a little aluminum jelly.


I have a nice button cleaning post in the "cleaning and preservation" section of the forum.



-Buckles

 

[CRUSADER]

It's a tombac button from the late 1700's. Tombac is a mixture of copper and arsenic

solved

 

[boondocker]

solved it is, thanks for all the help, I'll be going to that section in a matter of minutes, thanks Buckleboy