My First Flat Button I can read! Now how old

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Found my first flat button that you can read. It says Imperial Standard. I showed it to a friend who loves buttons and said it was British and made from 1790-1820. Can anyone help me out with dating this beauty? The property I was on does date to that period and it was in Pennsylvania near Chambersburg. Thanks my Tnet Family!

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Your friend is correct, your brass 1-piece flatbutton's backmark saying "Imperial Standard" means it is British-made. However, brass flatbuttons did not have an indented-lettering backmark until about 1810, so yours is from no earlier than that. Brass 1-piece flatbuttons fell out of favor with the public by the end of the 1830s, due to the advent of machinery which could mass-produce inexpensive "ornate" 2-piece brass buttons.
 

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Your friend is correct, your brass 1-piece flatbutton's backmark saying "Imperial Standard" means it is British-made. However, brass flatbuttons did not have an indented-lettering backmark until about 1810, so yours is from no earlier than that. Brass 1-piece flatbuttons fell out of favor with the public by the end of the 1830s, due to the advent of machinery which could mass-produce inexpensive "ornate" 2-piece brass buttons.

Thank you as always CannonballGuy! As always your info is appreciated! I am quite pleased I have a button this old :) HH!
 

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