✅ SOLVED LITTLE HELP-couple buttons and a buckle

[VERMONTIS]

Found a couple of buttons and a buckle that I haven't seen before. If anyone can id them I would appriecate it. THANKS ED

 

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[bigfoot1]

cant help ya but congrats....cool finds

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Need to see both the front and back of each button to give you very-precise dating of the button. Going by what I can see in the current photos, some of them date from approximately 1900 into the 1830s, and another one dates from the mid-1800s.

The brass buckle is known as Conway buckle, because its form was patented by Frederick Conway of Buffalo NY in 1882. Most were used on horse-harnesses. Your buckle is extremely difficult to time-date because Conway buckles are still being manufactured and used today. That being said, because horses stopped being "widely" used by Americans after the 1930s, yours probably dates from the late-1800s through the first third of the 20th-Century. For more info on the Conway buckle's history and usage, go here: http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php?topic=24865.0

 

[VERMONTIS]

Thank you. The domed button shows front and back. The other two have the loop on the back but can't make out any letters. The pic with the two buttons, the one on the left has a two handled urn, the one on the right has a cornucopia. It's an honor to speak too TheCannonballGuy.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

I am humbled by your high compliment. I'm glad to be of assistance to my fellow relic-diggers.

Pardon me if you already know the following. From your description, each of your buttons is a 1-piece brass button, manufactured between 1800 and 1840 for use on civilian clothing. (None of the emblems are military.) The high-domed one may be from somewhat earlier than 1800, but the very long brazed-on loop looks like early-1800s.

 

[VERMONTIS]

Thank you kindley. First time at this early site . Trying to do a little homework before returning. Can't wait to see what comes next!!!