✅ SOLVED Pewter buttons?

Erving

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I found these buttons at a colonial cellar hole. I thought they were pewter, but there isn't any flaking on them at all, so I'm wondering if they are. Also, how old do you think they are? The photo makes them look yellowish, but they are actually light gray. Thanks for any input.

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They are lead and date the same as the pewter ones... Colonial era. Being in a cellar hole they weren't moved around and why they didn't oxidize white. Were other finds in fairly good condition?
 

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They are lead and date the same as the pewter ones... Colonial era. Being in a cellar hole they weren't moved around and why they didn't oxidize white. Were other finds in fairly good condition?

Thanks Iron Patch. I only found a real, some broken pieces of shoe buckles, and some dandy and tombac buttons at this site, but they were in decent shape.
 

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