E Jones Button
 

Hello all,

I'm new here & happened upon your site whilst trying to glean information on a button I found yesterday.

The button in question has the following inscription: E Jones, Cork Hill, Dublin Opposite Castle.

From what I've read on here, E Jones was in business at that address up until January 1st, 1822, whereupon William Jones became sole proprietor.

The front of the coin appears to have a lions (?) face atop a six-segmented rope.

I'm guessing this rope has some significance, as I've seen it on many Livery buttons whilst browsing/searching.

I have already learned a lot from you site & am grateful for such.

I managed to compress one photo side of the button down to adhere to the 117.2 KB limit but it fails me at this hour to compress the other side.

Appreciate your time, thank you.

Hello zardoz, welcome to the Forum. Your account is active and open for posts.

Thank you Bill A.

That rope is heraldry is called a Torse.

The button would appear to be a Livery button worn by a uniformed servant of a rich household.

regards

Hi and welcome to the forum.

As has been mentioned, this appears to be a livery button. Not my area of interest but for reference I do have an Irish Militia button by this maker, so thought I would share the makers backmark.

Cheerio,

Roy

You need to identify the objects round the lion's neck near the torse.
Then get the description in heraldic speak and search using Google.
I am not very good at it:
"lion's head guardant" and then you need the objects

If you are on facebook and you have a much better scan, you can join and ask the facebook group on livery buttons.

Thank you.

Thanks, Roy.
I have read some of your posts with regard to Jones & found them most helpful & informative.

Thank you btns.

Unfortunately, it is fairly bad shape as it was dug a few feet from the Atlantic but I'll certainly try your route.