Texas Button question

[col90]

Those of you who are button researchers. What would the proper "star button" from Texas be in late 1860? I have several newspaper references from Nov and Dec 1860 referring to Texas secession cockades made with either silver or gold five pointed stars in the center of them. I understand from some cursory research that Hyde and Goodrich of New Orleans were producing buttons as early as 1852, and then were supplying Texas CSA buttons, along with others, but would they have made the earlier Texas star button? And would it have been the same type as the one here from the MOC? http://www.moc.org/site/PageServer?p...xas_Button_img

Thank you for any help you can give me.

Colleen Formby

[roundshot]

Re: Texas Button question

Check the Harry Ridgeway reference archives:

http://www.relicman.com/buttons/zArchiveButtonConStatesTexas.htm

[col90]

Re: Texas Button question

Check the Harry Ridgeway reference archives:
http://www.relicman.com/buttons/zArc...tatesTexas.htm

Fabulous! Thank you.

The next question would be who makes the best repros of this type of button?

Colleen

[Curt Schmidt]

Re: Texas Button question

Hallo!

"Who makes the best/" questions are discouraged under AC standards as the question should better be "How do the reproductions compare and contrast to the orignal items, and why?"

There are a number of vendors out there that carry quality Texas seal type buttons with the star and spaced "T-E-X-A-S" letters, as well as ones with the just the star. I favored the plain star.

I thought I may have had some star buttons left in my housewife, or sewing basket, but I could not find any. I was going to check the backmark stamp for the maker. IIRC, they were Waterbury made, but it has been too many years and I had sold off my coat with the Texas buttons a few years ago.

Curt

[JimKindred]

Re: Texas Button question

The button shown as Albert TX35 on Ridgeway's website is a post war button as he states however it is easily confused on the face with Albert's TX23B which is a war time button.

When you ask about Texas buttons have to be careful, there is a great variety to choose from. Albert's book alone has 8 pages of pre war and war time Texas buttons averging 8-10 buttons per page.

[col90]

Re: Texas Button question

Thank you, gentlemen...and my question would better have been can you recommend some vendors?

And the buttons I'm interested in would be pre-war, as all the quotes I have are from Nov and Dec 1860...any help on pointing me in the right direction there? All the quotes simply describe it as "five-pointed star", whether gold or silver. None of the museumsI have contacted have any extant examples of this "Lone Star cockade", and so I am left to try and determine whether this truly is a button, or simply some sort of plain star.

Colleen

[Curt Schmidt]

Re: Texas Button question

Hallo!

I am sorry but I cannot be of help as I have never seen a Texas cockade.

"Texas" buttons and belt plates can be a study in themselves as the War started with a wide variety of Texas militia items as well as stuff that dates from the Republic of Texas days circa 1836-1845/46 some of which was "recycled" in 1861.

And is also complicated as other states liked stars too such as Mississippi which some folks like to automatically make as Texas buttons for some reasons.

Although I believe he still does not sell to individuals just to vendors, I think Jim Kindred at Military Warehouse offers a line of buttons worth considering.

Curt