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<p>[QUOTE="Joan, post: 656463, member: 5398"]Can anyone tell me if the figure on these buttons represents the Roman God Mercury? I'm also wondering when and where they were made, and what metal (it looks like bronze or brass with cut steel decoration). They were on the antique wool challis dress or robe that I got somewhere several years ago (estate sale, antique mall, or thrift shop in Minnesota or Wisconsin) -- I'm thinking the dress/robe is mid-1800's.</p><p><br /></p><p>I lightly polished the center of one button in the closeup so I could see more detail. If I were to sell them, do buyers/collectors prefer them in the unpolished state?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]184689[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]184691[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]184692[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]184693[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joan, post: 656463, member: 5398"]Can anyone tell me if the figure on these buttons represents the Roman God Mercury? I'm also wondering when and where they were made, and what metal (it looks like bronze or brass with cut steel decoration). They were on the antique wool challis dress or robe that I got somewhere several years ago (estate sale, antique mall, or thrift shop in Minnesota or Wisconsin) -- I'm thinking the dress/robe is mid-1800's. I lightly polished the center of one button in the closeup so I could see more detail. If I were to sell them, do buyers/collectors prefer them in the unpolished state? [ATTACH=full]184689[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]184691[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]184692[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]184693[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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