Stegner
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I tried cropping these before posting - but the cropping doesn't seem to be "taking". Anyone who can help point me in right direction would be helpful -
Found an old metal button in an area of NJ that was known to have a lot of Dutch after they left New York/New Amsterdam. This button was down about 8 inches in hard rocky soil - there's a bit of crusty green patina on the button. The center circle of the flower appears to be smooth with no engraving, with eleven flower petals - or is this a sun? Button is thin with (now bent-over) loop on center back. Grr...scratched it when I dug it - at least the scratches are on the back side.
The "What's It" question for me is if there is any significance to 11 petals/sunflares? I had heard of 13 being a common number of elements on similar colonial items to tie back to the original colonies, but why 11?
Found an old metal button in an area of NJ that was known to have a lot of Dutch after they left New York/New Amsterdam. This button was down about 8 inches in hard rocky soil - there's a bit of crusty green patina on the button. The center circle of the flower appears to be smooth with no engraving, with eleven flower petals - or is this a sun? Button is thin with (now bent-over) loop on center back. Grr...scratched it when I dug it - at least the scratches are on the back side.
The "What's It" question for me is if there is any significance to 11 petals/sunflares? I had heard of 13 being a common number of elements on similar colonial items to tie back to the original colonies, but why 11?
Here are some like it I found on a site that gave up some Rev. War buttons also!Might pay to look it over good cause it's in the time frame!
