All things buttons & more …
Black and white always looks striking and here are three such examples of new buttons made of some type of plastic.
They are sort of like a modern version of the lovely black and white casein buttons of the 1930’s – 40’s. Fashion like other things goes round in circles.
I was pleased to receive these buttons from my friend Olwyn. She bought them in an Antique Shop in Sharlottetown, Prince Edward Island in 2014. (That is the place of Anne of Green Gables fame)
They are quite different being square and two coloured, having a design pressed into the thin sheet of Celluloid. The shank is of Celluloid also and they are a little under 3 cm .
Over the years I have done many paintings both in oils and then in water colours.
I do not paint now but enjoy drawing. At present I am doing a drawing journal with nature studies from photos I have taken. I meet up with my friend Di to sketch mostly each week. I still have some of my water colours hanging in my home. They are all happy memories for me. Here are some of them.
This is a great group of old Plastic buttons.
They feature a jockey on his horse surrounded by a horseshoe. What a good design and it is nice to have a few in different colours.
Maybe ten years ago I bought a cheap garment made in India at a local opp shop.
It had these carved shell buttons on it and they took my fancy. They have a real hand made look and it was a little unusual to have a different pattern on each button on the one garment.
This button represents the Astrology sign Pisces (two fish) which covers the period February 21 to March 20.
As my birthday is March 6 I am a Piscesian (is that a word or have I just invented it!! ) so had to buy this button just for the fun of it.
These buttons were made for JHB International in 1998.
They are painted wood realistic images of “Snap”, “Crackle” and “Pop” who were pictured on Kellogg’s Rice Bubbles cereal packets. You could hear the bubbles snap, crackle and pop when you poured on the milk. It was a good advertising theme. They have a backmark TM and a clear plastic shank glued on.
“WHAT A HOOT” By Sonia Collard, Australia
This sterling silver button with Tigers Eye stones for the eyes was designed by Sonia and has just been made this year (2018)
It is 2 cm in diameter, has a loop shank and is backmarked. There was a limited edition of fifty of these buttons made.
There was quite a fad for these buttons for a short while in the late 1980’s. These have a black background but my friend Sandra has some other coloured ones too.
They are three piece buttons of a metal base with a glass or clear plastic cover. A variety of tiny objects were encased inside. I can’t quite imagine what type of garment would warrant these buttons.
This Satsuma porcelain button is very colourful and features a male figure.
I do not know who he represents but he seems a bit comical to me. There is a nice lot of gold work on it too. At just under 3 cm it is a nice size.