Button id

[Squab]

Need help identifying button. I know it’s a sporting button and has a lizard or gator on front. Backmark is Dickinson Hammond & Turner. Thanks Brian

 

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[Red-Coat]

Nice old button, but I think “livery” rather than “sporting”. I believe I can see a “torse” (a twisted piece of silk) below what I think is intended as a crocodile and, as a generality, livery buttons have their crests resting on a torse but sporting buttons do not. They tend to have a patch of grass, a log or something similar, if anything at all. The torse is a heraldic device used when the crest is separated from armorial.

If it is livery then there are several families who used a crocodile as a crest. Try Googling “Rossiter family crest” for example, since that's the most likely possibility.

The maker is Hammond, Turner & Dickinson (names in that order) of Birmingham, England and they operated under that name between c.1790-1823 before changing name to Hammond, Turner & Sons.

 

[Iron Patch]

Probably an early Jamaica military button. The backmark is much more consistent with a military button than a civilian designed one. Nice find.

 

[Iron Patch]

Can't find a button but here's a belt plate. https://a1militaria.com/shop.php?code=50367

 

[Squab]

Nice old button, but I think “livery” rather than “sporting”. I believe I can see a “torse” (a twisted piece of silk) below what I think is intended as a crocodile and, as a generality, livery buttons have their crests resting on a torse but sporting buttons do not. They tend to have a patch of grass, a log or something similar, if anything at all. The torse is a heraldic device used when the crest is separated from armorial.

If it is livery then there are several families who used a crocodile as a crest. Try Googling “Rossiter family crest” for example, since that's the most likely possibility.

The maker is Hammond, Turner & Dickinson (names in that order) of Birmingham, England and they operated under that name between c.1790-1823 before changing name to Hammond, Turner & Sons.

Thanks for the info I really appreciate it. Brian

 

[vpnavy]

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[vpnavy]

I pulled these from other TN threads...

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[Squab]

I pulled these from other TN threads...

Flat Button I.D. Needed
(Feb 13, 2015)

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What has 13 stars - A long neck and Anchor
!!!! Chug!! - better Pics added !!!
(Apr 24, 2011)

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US Military Uniform Buttons Interesting Facts
(06 April 2013 - 02:19 AM)

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Livery Buttons Identified

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Navy Buttons

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Thank you. Brian