May 17, 2022 Early Arms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/17/2022
Large or “coat” sized button for a commissioned officer, 25mm diameter; the front of gilt repousse sheet copper over a bone back, the latter pierced with four holes and affixed with original catgut loop. The face of the button bears a raised motif of cannon on garrison carriage with a stack of cannonballs, surrounded by an edge border of raised leaves. CONDITION: Very good to excellent, unexcavated. PROVENANCE: Ex. Collection of Peter Bull, Neville Tacey, and Peter Abbott, sequentially. LITERATURE: Kochan and Troiani, “Insignia of Independence” (2012), pp. 21-22.