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Uncleaned and as recovered.
I am a former museum conservator.
I have terrible eyesight, so I can work with these materials only a few hours per day and under extreme magnification.
Mechanical cleaning methods are all I use (never chemicals).
These buttons were used by Spanish Colonials in Florida. Tough to find in this condition and retaining toggle… and this one is maker marked. This button was recovered from St. Augustine.
The button is hand cast, has a flat profile, is made of copper alloy, and has an integral shank with drilled eyelet.
Standard US quarter shown for scale (not included).
I purchased an extensive button collection from a former colleague back in 2015, and I have been studying and cataloging them since.
My colleague was a well-known amateur archaeologist. He used metal detectors and pioneered some of the search methodologies still used today. He visited quite literally thousands of historic sites here and the US and abroad.
From a smoke-free home.
I am visually disabled. If I miss something, it is NOT intentional.
