Buttons of Mitchell & Tyler

Confederate Adjutant General button	The Civil War Relicman, Harry Ridgeway
	Winchester, Virginia USA (changed hands 70 times in the Civil War!) I am a collector buying and selling authentic Civil War Relics
	This page updated May 13, 2008

Catalog of button backmarks
Mitchell & Tyler, Richmond Va

Mitchell and Tyler operated in Richmond Va as an outfitter from 1845. Most of their buttons were made by Scovill.

Most information on this page is from Tice's book, Dating Buttons..., the pictures are generally from buttons that I have handled.

Mitchell02 (22mm)

Backmark: "MITCHELL & TYLER / (dot) RICHMOND. Va. " rmdc on a stippled field, Scovill manufactured 1850's.
Tice page 194, item count 2 [C4-17]

Examples with this backmark:
Back is pictured from VA7, Virginia state seal, high dome two piece (B5068)

Mitchell04 (22mm)

Backmark: "MITCHEL (sic) & TYLER / RICHMOND VA. " dm between rings of dots, inner solid ring, Scovill manufactured ca 1860.
Tice page 194, item count 4 [C4-18]