Mr. CannonballGuy .. What do you make Bagman13s button?

[creskol]

Mr. CannonballGuy .. What do you make Bagman13's button?

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,401732.0.html

Not familiar with this backmark at all .. Can't really read itall, but it doesn't seem consistent with other Arkansas State buttons.

Just gotta know .. any thoughts?

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

Re: Mr. CannonballGuy .. What do you make Bagman13's button?

Sorry to have to say, it is definitely an 1870s-or-later button ...specifically, an Arkansas State Seal militia-button, listed in the Albert button-book as button AK-4.

On the only civil war era version, the Goddess of Liberty stands atop the shield. On Bagman13's button, she stands beside the shield.

 

[creskol]

Re: Mr. CannonballGuy .. What do you make Bagman13's button?

Sorry to have to say, it is definitely an 1870s-or-later button ...specifically, an Arkansas State Seal militia-button, listed in the Albert button-book as button AK-4.

On the only civil war era version, the Goddess of Liberty stands atop the shield. On Bagman13's button, she stands beside the shield.

Thank you,Sir. I looked at that one as well, but just couldn't make sense of the backmark.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Re: Mr. CannonballGuy .. What do you make Bagman13's button?

Creskol, thanks for the heads-up Bagman13's post of the button in another forum here on TreasurseNet.

Based on the parts of the lettering I can see, the backmark is "M.C. Lilley & Co. / Columbus O." That means it cannot date prior to 1876. (See the McGuinn-&-Bazelon book for info on M.C. Lilley & Co.)