Button identification

[mccanlessj]

Posted this on another forum but was unable to include pictures at the time. This is a coat size button with a superior quality backmark. Could this be civil war era or is it off an old band uniform?

 

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[Kenosha Kid]

Link says these were 40-50's band uniform buttons, same backmark :

http://www.etsy.com/listing/58123710/vintage-brass-buttons-6

Yours look to be a bit older than those shown.

 

[mccanlessj]

It does look somewhat older and a somewhat different style also the face of the button is flat rather than domed as in the link. Thanks.

 

[BuckleBoy]

I would say that with the plain background this one could very well be older than the one in the reply above. I would imagine 19th c. is not a bad guess. Trouble is, that backmark doesn't give us very much information. These buttons are not listed in CW books, and there was a large number of civilian brass bands, etc. for dances and social events in the mid to late 19th c.

Regards,


Buckles

 

[hlewis1007]

band button

Link says these were 40-50's band uniform buttons, same backmark :

http://www.etsy.com/listing/58123710/vintage-brass-buttons-6

Yours look to be a bit older than those shown.

Same button as these shown just found yesterday in South Carolina.Thanks for the link.