Cast pewter button

[Bharpring]

Does anyone know how old this cast pewter button may be? Could it be military in origin or civilian?

 

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Mid to late 18th century would be my guess. Dont know if it's military or not. I've dug 1 piece civilian buttons the were literal tanks so it's hard to say when there plain

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

The size and the shape of your button, notably including the raised rim, is exactly the same as a Confederate "Pewter Cast I" button, except for lacking the "I", so some collectors consider your button to be a Confederate Army button. The Pewter Cast I is shown as button CS-185A in the book "Record Of American Uniform And Historical Buttons With Supplement" by Alphaeus H. Albert.

 

[Bharpring]

The size and the shape of your button, notably including the raised rim, is exactly the same as a Confederate "Pewter Cast I" button, except for lacking the "I", so some colelctors consider your button to be a Confederate Army button. The Pewter Cast I is shown as button CS-185A in the book "Record Of American Uniform And Historical Buttons With Supplement" by Alphaeus H. Albert.

That would make a lot of sense since I found both confederate and union buttons at this site. Thank you for the ID on this.

 

[devldog]

Congrats to you on the pewter Confetrit button. Very nice find and save.