Gold gilt button with numbers on the backmark (a fraction too) buckle and watch cover

[treblehunter]

I spent about an hour and a half at the hayfield, check out the numbers on this button, interesting.
Enjoy the pix
Brad

 

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[trapperart]

Congrats on some nice finds

 

[CRUSADER]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1823-1865[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Hammond Turner & Sons[/FONT]

 

[treblehunter]

Congrats on some nice finds

Thanks Art

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1823-1865[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Hammond Turner & Sons[/FONT]

Thank you for the ID Cru, do you happen to know what the numbers are about? I'm guessing they have to do with maybe a size reference, IDK ?

 

[treblehunter]

Hammond-Turner.com - Dandy and dress buttons


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Hammond Turner & Sons
This button was given to me by Grant Maxwell-Thomson of Scotland. He is a keen metal detectorist who found this button near his home in Faslane.

The front of the button (which seems to have lost all of its gilding) appears to be completely plain and does not make a good photo. Like the button above, this is a one-piece with a soldered (and badly bent) shank. The button was made between 1820 and 1850, during which time the company was called Hammond Turner and Sons. Again, the early style of lettering is a clue to the date. There is what looks like a bow near the top, a delightful detail and one whose significance I cannot explain. The number 9429 which appears at the bottom is a complete mystery!

Thank you very much, Grant, for contacting me after finding this button and for sending it to add to my collection.

Button 148

Edit-----
I sent in an e-mail to see if I can get anymore info as to what the numbers mean.

 

[treblehunter]

The e-mail address is not working, darn

 

[CRUSADER]

Thanks Art


Thank you for the ID Cru, do you happen to know what the numbers are about? I'm guessing they have to do with maybe a size reference, IDK ?

No idea, never seen it before or read about them. Makes it more interesting for sure.

 

[weregolf]

Maybe number its the piece-number(ID) or batch serial

 

[Don in SJ]

I know I read some numbers on the back are Registry numbers, but I thought that was usually low numbers, not much information out there on it. (British buttons)

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the nice button find!

 

[treblehunter]

No idea, never seen it before or read about them. Makes it more interesting for sure.

Thanks Cru

Maybe number its the piece-number(ID) or batch serial

Thanks

I know I read some numbers on the back are Registry numbers, but I thought that was usually low numbers, not much information out there on it. (British buttons)

Thanks Don

Congratualtions on the nice button find!

Thank you professor.