Drum with Glass Inset Touch Button

Buffum collection, inventory #69

String of approximately 132 buttons purchased December 23, 2013 Heuvelton, NY. Seller claims string was found in a trunk in an attic. This is the second of the strings she has offered from same source. These buttons range in size from large to small. They are string on a thin copper wire. Touch button is a large thin drum with speckle design under glass. Notable buttons are hard rubber disk button with border (bm N.R. Co Goodyear’s P=T 1851), black glass with block letter ‘S’ design, brass button with crown above three stacked cannons and a banner ‘UBIQUE” (bm P+S Firmin 153 Strand), brass button with TCC and two figures over tiny banner with the word Excelsior in capital letters beneath (bm Scovills & Co, Waterbury), brass head escutcheon on embossed horn, tombac buttons, Goodyear backmarked hard rubber buttons, pinshank MOP, brass star (bm EXTRA FEIN), horn (bm L.G.J.F. Caen), old metal button with flat shank, drum with fabric inset, hard rubber Goodyear acorn, birdcage shank china (plain top, ribbed top), square stamped brass, metal with galena & black glass center, cuff and collar brass IRA buttons with three-leaf cloves on striped field (larger one had bm with stars), gilt, steel ball with steel ball knob, waistcoat with white glass with painted black and gold fly, celluloid tight top, blue/white china, dewdrop, radiant, black glass castle and bridge, salt glaze black glass modified cone, small brass with US 12 star flag with word UNION top and 13 stars to left side