ted button

[Gene Mean]

I found this button today and thought it was a plain flat button but I see "ted" on the front in a ring, assuming United. The shank fell off when I dropped it in the sink. Any sleuths out there?
Thanks and HH

Update: this was a stupid post by me. I know better than that. I got home from work at 10:30 last night and then posted. I'll wait til morning for my posts when I'm not tired.

 

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[Mud Hut]

Silly questions: Of the two photos, which one is the back? Are you sure it is a button?

 

[ticndig]

maybe the word is united instead of ted

 

[Mud Hut]

I think it would have said 'warranted"

 

[Gene Mean]

I think it would have said 'warranted"

I think you are right and I think what I thought was the front is the back.

 

[Gene Mean]

Silly questions: Of the two photos, which one is the back? Are you sure it is a button?

It's a button. I guess what I thought was the front is the back with "warranted" on it.

 

[grasshopper]

Agreed. First pic is definitely the back.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

The letters "t e d" could be part of warranted... but could also be part of "plated"... which I've seen on many flatbuttons like yours.

Warranted has more letters than plated, so see if close examination can reveal which word is on your button's backmark. If it is indeed "plated"... at the time your button was made (very-late 1700s to very-early 1800s), the word plated in a backmark always meant silver-plated. The word "gilt" was used for gold-plated.

 

[Gene Mean]

The letters "t e d" could be part of warranted... but could also be part of "plated"... which I've seen on many flatbuttons like yours.

Warranted has more letters than plated, so see if close examination can reveal which word is on your button's backmark. If it is indeed "plated"... at the time your button was made (very-late 1700s to very-early 1800s), the word plated in a backmark always meant silver-plated. The word "gilt" was used for gold-plated.

Thank you for the valuable info. I'm waiting for a sunny day so I can get a better look. Sometimes when the sun hits things right the lettering will be easier to see.