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antique brass buttons with symbols

By Dede Lewis, 2 December, 2009
Description

Will attach JPEG. Four brass buttons each embossed with a different unusual symbol, which I have been told are not military in nature. The symbols are as follows;

Z/D

a serpentine pattern

a plant form with three leaves coming from a single central stem

a circle sitting on a short stalk rising from an open bottomed rectangular shape, of which each side curves slightly wider at the base. Could represent a human head and shoulders.

Category
Metalware
Medium
brass
Distinguishing marks
symbols embossed on each of 4 buttons as in photo
Condition
Good
Size and dimensions of this item
60 mm diameter
Date Period
1800's is a guess
Weight
?
History
I found these buttons in a box owned by my grandmother. I don't know much more than that. Her father was a Mason, and I wondered if these have Masonic origin.
eBay Auction Link
For Sale?
No
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