Good find, but notice that the button has raised metal around it's inner 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. Notice also that the corrosion deposits match that for lead. Here is another picture of lead corrosion deposits: http://www.wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/flint-pipes2.jpg Mike On 9/25/20 11:00 PM, HISTARCH automatic digest system wrote: > From: Camille Westmont<[log in to unmask]> > To:[log in to unmask] > Sent: Thu, Sep 24, 2020 3:39 pm > Subject: Metal Button? > > Hello everyone, > > I have a possible metal button (?) from a 1870-1890s private prison in Tennessee. I’m not entirely certain it’s a button, and I can’t find any images of buttons that look like this. It has one hole through the middle with a type of post the bisects the hole in the center of the button. Any help would be appreciated. > > 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> > > Sincerely, > Camille ######################################################################## 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 ########################################################################
