![]() ![]() Backmarks of this period generally bear some form of Scovills Co. The Scovill family united with outside partners to form Scovills & Co, which operated from around 1840 to 1850 (when Scovill Manufacturing was formed. Buttons of this period are generally marked some variation of JML Scovill. ![]() Lamson Scovill and William Henry Scovill operated the business as a partnership from 1827 to 1840. Scovill also produced many custom contracts for other outfitters, supplying buttons stamped with the outfitters name, or in other cases with blank or generic stock backs. They changed backmark styles frequently, and we are able to generally date the buttons by these changes. The firm was formed in approximately 1850, as a combination of the already substantial Scovill partnerships in business preceding that date and continued until the 1970s. Scovill was by far the most dominant of the Civil War era button manufacturers. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 139. This firm was a retailer or outfitter, their 1864 catalog illustrated the broad range of goods available. Schuyler, Hartley, and Graham were partners engaged in the military goods service from 1854 to the 1880s. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 111. Schur & Bland, (Bernard D Schur) operated inCharleston South Carolina during the war. Research indicates that this retailer or outfitter operated during the Civil War, however buttons bearing his name seem to have been produced after the Civil War mostly for cadets. Ridgeway Reference Library, Civil War plates and bucklesĪ virtual examination of artifacts of the American Civil War ![]()
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