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Catalog of button
backmarks
Smith Kemp Wright, England
Smith Kemp Wright was an English producer, believed to have produced many of the Confederate buttons smuggled through the blockade. The backmark "Superior Quality" was the principal backmark used, and this generic term may have been intended to disguise the origin. Indeed the disguise was pretty good, as there is still debate today among collectors at to exactly what is the origin of this backmark!
Most information on this page is from Tice's book, Dating Buttons..., the pictures are generally from buttons that I have handled.
SmithKemp04 (20mm)
Backmark: "SMITH KEMP & WRIGHT/ (dot) BIRMINGHAM (dot) " dm, outer ring of dots,
inner ring of sunrays, English maker.
Two part low convex coat size button, well made button bearing the maker's name,
most buttons believed to have been produced by Smith Kemp Wright employed
generic marks or agents names. Shank is fixed, not floating.
Tice page 177 count
4 with modification
Examples with this backmark:
B4290
Confederate Artillery Lined "A" English imported button (19.5mm)
Ref: Albert CS103 not listed, Tice CSA206B2
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