Need help on buttons again!

[dieharddigger]

I hunted at an 1860's college this morning. The same place that gave me my first large cent. I found these two buttons. The silver colored one has "W.B. co" on the shank. I believe that is Waterbury button co.? Would this be a uniform button? Looks like a newer button. The second is a little more puzzling. In a ribbon it "TESTINA / LENTE" with what looks like a sword with a star at the top and the letters E.C. on each side. The back has "Scoville mfg. co." with 3 stars.Any help would be appreciated! Going back for a while this afternoon.

 

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[Montana Jim]

Navy Motiff button - Waterbury Button Company. Pattern #15446

http://www.waterburybutton.com/user-cgi/patterns.cgi?catg=Military&subcatg=Military,Eagles&id=10426

 

[Montana Jim]

The phrase "deliberate speed" appears to be a derivative of "speed thee slowly" found in Sir Thomas Elyot's 1545 introduction of the word "maturity" into the English language. "Speed thee slowly" was taken from a Greek proverb and translated from the Latin festina lente. One famous American use of the expression festina lente, particularly relevant to our subject matter, is by President Abraham Lincoln. When Lincoln was asked whether he favored the immediate emancipation of the slaves, he responded, "It will do no good to go ahead any faster than the country will follow. . . . You know the old Latin motto festina lente." Lincoln in this case was referring to Augustus Caesar's interpretation: "make haste slowly."



Quote from book All Deliberate Speed
By Charles J. Ogletree


Your second button is really interesting! I have no clue - but hope you fare well in learning more about it!

 

[PBK]

Albert's button book lists the "E. C." button as #SU 104 in the "Schools, Universities, and Academies" section but offers no attribution for it. Tice also lists it in Uniform Buttons of the United States, under "Unidentified School Buttons," suggesting that "E. C." might stand for Episcopal College. At least some specimens bear c. 1860 "Scovill Mfg. Co. / Watrbry" [sic] backmarks. A recent Bob Edmondson price list offered two of these coat-size buttons for $300 each.