Need some help with two items please.

[creskol]

Looking for information one these two items we dug yesterday. The button says John Wilson & Sons Glasgow and measures 5/8 inches in diameter.
I can find information on glaziers by that name, but nothing on button manufactures or clothiers. Any Ideas?

The second piece looks like a GIANT wick adjuster for a kerosene lamp. It measures 1 inch in diameter, is a heavy 1/8 of an inch thick, looks like there is evidence of silver gilt, and has no markings other than the stars and rays. Any Ideas?

 

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[Bama Billy]

I found something similar to that second item and it turned out to be the knob on a large vintage lamp. Sorry I can’t be more help

 

[Rookster]

Dang creskol, how bout an easy one sometime. Nice finds

 

[Bonzododa71]

Item on right is off a old oil lamp...HH....Bonz

 

[creskol]

Item on right is off a old oil lamp...HH....Bonz

Yeah..that is what I have been leaning towards, but I have searched every way I know how to, but I can't find a match. I would love to identify the lamp that it came from.

 

[fyrffytr1]

Dang creskol, how bout an easy one sometime. Nice finds

If it was easier he wouldn't need any help!

 

[creskol]

If it was easier he wouldn't need any help!

I must say these two have me stumped!

 

[Dug]

Were there any markings on the button backside? The few I have found usually have the button makers mark on the back and the name of the business it was made for on the front.

 

[creskol]

Were there any markings on the button backside? The few I have found usually have the button makers mark on the back and the name of the business it was made for on the front.

Thanks! There is nothing at all on the back of this one.

 

[A2coins]

stumped

 

[Tpmetal]

found a company by same name in glasgow that has been in buisness since 1895. But they do glass, maybe they made buttons in the past?
Edit:scratch that, doesn't pan out after looking into it

 

[Tpmetal]

i keep coming upon a john wilson and sons ltd in belfast. Shirt manufacturer? maybe made something for somewhere in glasgow?

 

[Tpmetal]

Interim Report by the Subscriber, Peter M*Quisten, Civil Engineer
in Glasgow, relative to agreement between the Proprietors of House-
hill, and Messrs. John Wilson & Sons.

Glasgow, 3i April, 1837.

Gentlemen, — I have your letter of the 27th March, 1837, with ex-
cerpt of agreement between Proprietors of HousehiU and Messrs. John
Wilson & Sons, dated 16th March, 1837, and I beg leave to report,
that a lead pipe eight feet long, laid horizontal, and having a pressure
of water upon it of ten feet perpendicular, will vent a discharge ex-
actly one hundred imperial gallons of water per minute, by making
the pipe one inch and eleven sixteenth parts of an inch in diameter.

I have also to report, that a lead pipe eight feet long, laid horizon-
tal, and having a pressure of water upon it of ten feet perpendicular,
will vent or discharge exactly eighty imperial gallons of water per
minute, by making the pipe one inch and nine sixteenth parts of an
inch in diameter.

I am. Gentlemen,

Your very obed. Servant,
(Signed) PETER M'QUISTEN.

To Robert Wtlte, Ewi., Writer, Paisley,

Agent for the Proprietors of Househilf,
and Alexander Gibson, Esq. Writer,
Paisley,

Agent for Messrs. John Wilson & Sons.

 

[Tpmetal]

I can't find anything on that button for sure. I looked around again last night and it is a tough one. Just random mentions of companies with that name.

 

[creskol]

I can't find anything on that button for sure. I looked around again last night and it is a tough one. Just random mentions of companies with that name.

I sure appreciate you efforts .. Your earlier post that references the Interim Report by the Subscriber is interesting, and I am trying to research from that angle. Thanks again for efforts.