Phoenix Button 5/8" dia., #14, small disc type, style #1. Phoenix buttons found by Dewey Schmid.

Phoenix Button 5/8" dia. #14 small disc type style #1. Phoenix buttons were originally manufactured in Great Britain prior to 1820 and used by the military of King Christophe of Haiti. The buttons were brought to the Columbia River as trade goods before 1835 by Boston merchant Nathaniel Wyeth. This button was found by Dewey Schmid prior to 1955. Dewey was a member of the old Oregon Archaeological Society.