Maybe a button? Might be pewter. Need help!

[Stef45]

it read in between copper and gold/aluminum so I'm not sure if that is pewter range or not. No shank and not sure if there is any detail nothing i can see at least. Any help would be great! Thanks.

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

It is the correct shape and within the right size-range to be an 1800s ball-button, missing its back. But that type is typically made of brass, or copper, not any pewter ones so far as I've ever heard. Since the edge is already broken, scrape it with a pocketknife to see what color the metal is, and tell us.

 

[Stef45]

It is the correct shape and within the right size-range to be an 1800s ball-button, missing its back. But that type is typically made of brass, or copper, not any pewter ones so far as I've ever heard. Since the edge is already broken, scrape it with a pocketknife to see what color the metal is, and tell us.

Looks Brass. No design as far as i can tell. its in decent shape other than the back being gone. 1800's though? i guess ill have to look up some online to see if they are the same.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

The vast majority of ball-buttons had no design on the front. I should have explained in my previous post that I said "1800s" because 2-piece ball-buttons date anywhere from the early-1800s onward to the present day... but they lost popularity with the civilian public by the end of the 1800s, so the odds favor yours being made sometime in the 1800s. Ball-buttons are still used on civilian coats and some Military School uniforms today, notably at the Virginia Military Institute. Without a backmark there's no way to accurately time-date them.

 

[Stef45]

The vast majority of ball-buttons had no design on the front. I should have explained in my previous post that I said "1800s" because 2-piece ball-buttons date anywhere from the early-1800s onward to the present day... but they lost popularity with the civilian public by the end of the 1800s, so the odds favor yours being made sometime in the 1800s. Ball-buttons are still used on civilian coats and some Military School uniforms today, notably at the Virginia Military Institute. Without a backmark there's no way to accurately time-date them.

Thanks as always CBGUY

 

[Patriot Relics]

RA VA MIL lol spent 4 years wearing ball buttons- nice dig Stef