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Three buttons needing id'ing
- Thread starter craigV3
- Start date
I only looked up the train overall button, not much info with them but heres the few that I found, There are 3 and the last one will not show a preview.....
copied from another forum....
"This is a Knocker button. I have found a couple of these before and a train guy told me that the knocker was the man who went along the locomotive and used a club to knock on different parts of the train to tell what needed tightened etc...."
SOURCE: http://www.findmall.com/read.php?13,932173,932815,quote=1
This one is on Ebay but has no helpful info (I think this one could be a repro. The quality is not there and the sizes are a bit different)....
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/THE-KNOCKER-BRASS-TOP-LOCOMOTIVE-PICTURE-OVERALL-BUTTON-/00/s/ODAyWDk2Mw==/z/YvIAAMXQlUNRL9A2/$T2eC16NHJGQE9noMZG5kBRL9!2Z5I!~~60_57.JPG
SOURCE: http://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-KNOCKER-BRASS-TOP-LOCOMOTIVE-PICTURE-OVERALL-BUTTON-/130868842792?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e78641128
This one is on Worthpoint but lacks much info as well.....
NOTE, the image from worthpoint does not show up in a preview but you can still view it by clicking Open Image URL
SOURCE: http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/13-train-overall-buttons-indian-134276347
copied from another forum....
"This is a Knocker button. I have found a couple of these before and a train guy told me that the knocker was the man who went along the locomotive and used a club to knock on different parts of the train to tell what needed tightened etc...."
SOURCE: http://www.findmall.com/read.php?13,932173,932815,quote=1
This one is on Ebay but has no helpful info (I think this one could be a repro. The quality is not there and the sizes are a bit different)....
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/THE-KNOCKER-BRASS-TOP-LOCOMOTIVE-PICTURE-OVERALL-BUTTON-/00/s/ODAyWDk2Mw==/z/YvIAAMXQlUNRL9A2/$T2eC16NHJGQE9noMZG5kBRL9!2Z5I!~~60_57.JPG
SOURCE: http://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-KNOCKER-BRASS-TOP-LOCOMOTIVE-PICTURE-OVERALL-BUTTON-/130868842792?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e78641128
This one is on Worthpoint but lacks much info as well.....
NOTE, the image from worthpoint does not show up in a preview but you can still view it by clicking Open Image URL
SOURCE: http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/13-train-overall-buttons-indian-134276347
SpiritRelic
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The word TREBLE is very popular on early colonial buttons.TREBLE comes from the word high.Like a Treble(high note)in music terms.This is saying treble orange,meaning high(treble) gold(orange).A lot of these flat buttons will say Treble gilt(high gilt).These buttons with writing on the back are so cool.I did a lot of research on these buttons without a book.Before America got good at manufacturing these buttons were shipped here and brought here from settlers,from Europe.I talked to a professional named mark parker that said the native American Indians loved these buttons because of the gold.And of course they looked like coins.There are hundreds and hundreds of different types.Nice button! :-D