Help ID a button?

[Mighty_Mouse]

Found this button with the statue of liberty on it when i was out digging bottles. I ran across a huge bottle dump on the side of a hill in PA. I spent about 3 days digging bottles. I have about 50 bottles i kept(and this was being very selective) I IDed some of the bottles and there were a few that had dates on them which made thing easy lol. The bottles dated back to about 190o maybe a bit older. I found some white glass dice and some marbles and this button. Its i belive plastic( i could be wrong though) Size is a bit bigger then a half dollar. There are 3 stones in it, 2 toward the bottom and 1 for the tourch. Also 2 holes on both sides of the statue. Any info on this would be great. thanks

 

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[jon43]

Found this button with the statue of liberty on it when i was out digging bottles. I ran across a huge bottle dump on the side of a hill in PA. I spent about 3 days digging bottles. I have about 50 bottles i kept(and this was being very selective) I IDed some of the bottles and there were a few that had dates on them which made thing easy lol. The bottles dated back to about 190o maybe a bit older. I found some white glass dice and some marbles and this button. Its i belive plastic( i could be wrong though) Size is a bit bigger then a half dollar. There are 3 stones in it, 2 toward the bottom and 1 for the tourch. Also 2 holes on both sides of the statue. Any info on this would be great. thanks

i dont have any info but nice button. i love old bottle or old dumps , love to dig. i found one posin bottle with a skull and cross bones and got 50 bucks for it and later some one told me it was worth a lot more.

 

[nhbenz]

Actually it looks to me to be made of shell. This was fairly common before 1900. If it feels as though thats a possibility, you could heat up the tip of a pin and poke it in the back: if its plastic it will sink in, if its shell it wont. Nice design though. Yes, Jon, those old poison bottles do fetch a good price!