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Button, button, how old is this button?

Discussion in 'PUBLIC Vintage Fashion - Ask Questions Get Answers' started by Gormer, Sep 6, 2020.

  1. Gormer

    Gormer Registered Guest

    Any ideas more specific than 'old'? :) I asked a costumer and she suggested 18th/19th C and said I might have more luck on a forum dating it more specifically.

    I believe it's glass or rock crystal (bit scratched up on the face of it) and set into either pewter or silver. It's got the little tabby-things on the side (collets?) to hold it in and the back is fully silver/pewter with a little shank.

    Thank you kindly!
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  2. Rue_de_la_Paix

    Rue_de_la_Paix VFG Member

    Hi. Can you show the full back with the shank?
     
  3. Gormer

    Gormer Registered Guest

    Sure can. It's got a tiny little loop and some dents. I'm wondering if it's spent some time in the ground, perhaps.
     

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