South Carolina State Seal Button
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Item: South Carolina State Seal Coat Button
Backmark: "* J.M.L & W.H. SCOVILL * / WATERBURY / * EXTRA * / SUPERFINE" dm
Design: South Carolina state coat of arms is on a lined field. (See more on the SC state coat of arms under Comments section below.)
Construction: Flat, two-piece. Back may be a thick one-piece button to which the button maker has applies a thin shell front.
Approximate size: 23 mm.
Condition: Very good, excavated, secure shank present. Dusty green patina. Backmark is partially present. No dents, cracks, breaks, or repairs.
Recovered: Southampton County, VA
Reference: Tice: SC216A3 Albert: SC 3
Comments: This particular South Carolina button classification was made by Scovills during the 1830s and 1840s. According to "Uniform Buttons of the United States 1776-1865" by Warren K. Tice,
"After the 1776 battle at Sullivan's Island, South Carolina approved a coat of arms design. It shows a palmetto tree in the seashore, symbolic of a Revolutionary War fort built of palmetto logs on Sullivan's Island. At the base of the palmetto is a broken oak tree, representing the British fleet. Twelve spears are bound to the palmetto's trunk, representing the twelve other American States. A band tying the spears is inscribed Quis Separabit, meaning "Who shall separate. "Beneath the oak tree is an inscription Meliorem Lapsa Locavit, or "Having fallen, it has set up a better." The latter refers to the decline of the British (oak) and the ascendence of South Carolina (palmetto.) The state motto is, Animis Opibusque Parati, meaning "Prepared in Mind and Resources"." Note: Several variations of the above state seal are found on different size and types of South Carolina buttons.
This South Carolina state seal coat button will be an excellent addition to any Civil War button or general relic collection.
- Product Code:
- PC11920
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