It resembles (but is not an exact match) for the backing from a bib overalls or rodeo pants button like the "BIG DAM" from Irwin-Phillips of Keokuk Iowa, pre-WWII. There were many companies producing work clothing and several bar shank styles in one-piece and multiple piece forms. Compare with http://ancientpoint.com/inf/168295-antique_1930s_big_dam_irwin___phillips_work_bib_overalls_button_keokuk_iowa_vtg.html -Paul Demers On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 5:56 AM Mike Flannigan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Good find, but notice that the button has raised > metal around it's circumference, and the central > bar of the button is not flush with the annular > disk of metal like it is in the drapery weights. > > Maybe these are just design differences, because > I agree that the finish of the object does not > match what you would expect for a button. > > > Mike > > > On 9/25/20 11:00 PM, HISTARCH automatic digest system wrote: > > Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 17:03:12 +0000 > > From: Steven Stokowski<[log in to unmask]> > > Subject: Re: Metal Button? > > > > These appear to be drapery weights.https://www.rowleycompany.com/workroom/drapery-products/drapery-weights > > Steve StokowskiPetrographerLawrenceville, Georgia > > You can see pictures of it at: > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JciMiKkvsstt4LU3s8nnmvq2bgaOwHCF-n_ZRDjpPcQ/edit?usp=sharing > <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JciMiKkvsstt4LU3s8nnmvq2bgaOwHCF-n_ZRDjpPcQ/edit?usp=sharing> > > ######################################################################## > > Access the HISTARCH Home Page and Archives: > https://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=HISTARCH > > Unsubscribe from the HISTARCH List: > https://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?SUBED1=HISTARCH&A=1 > > This email list is powered by LISTSERV: > https://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html > > ######################################################################## ######################################################################## Access the HISTARCH Home Page and Archives: https://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=HISTARCH Unsubscribe from the HISTARCH List: https://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?SUBED1=HISTARCH&A=1 This email list is powered by LISTSERV: https://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html ########################################################################
