MYSTERY BUTTON

[BuckleBoy]

Hello All,

I dug this small (cuff) sized flat button over the weekend. Wondering what on earth it says on the face in the silver gilding. The black cord is just to prop it up for a good photo under the magnifier. Any help is appreciated!

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

Your find is not a 1-piece flatbutton… it is actually the back section of a 2-piece hollow brass button. That's what I thought it was, as soon as I examined your photos... but I needed to find some clearly-visible "proof" to convince you. The crucial ID-clue is that a backwards letter N is visible on what you were thinking is a 1-piece brass flatbutton's front. The lettering you see on it, when read correctly, says "Benedict & Coe" -- which is the name of an early-1800s (1829-34) American button-manufacturing company, located in Waterbury CT.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Your find is not a 1-piece flatbutton… it is actually the back section of a 2-piece hollow brass button. That's what I thought it was, as soon as I examined your photos... but I needed to find some clearly-visible "proof" to convince you. The crucial ID-clue is that a backwards letter N is visible on what you were thinking is a 1-piece brass flatbutton's front. The lettering you see on it, when read correctly, says "Benedict & Coe" -- which is the name of an early-1800s (1829-34) American button-manufacturing company, located in Waterbury CT.

Ahhh! You're right! So from a ball button??

 

[BuckleBoy]

Well I found it! My wife dug a large ball button (silver gilded) missing the back from the same field and it fits PERFECTLY so I gave the back to her so she'd have a match Thank you Cannonballguy!