All things buttons & more …
These wooden buttons were painted by Ross Morgan from Mooroopna. He is descendant of the Yorta Yorta tribe of the Shepparton area.
He had a little gallery in Shepparton and I took some blank wooden buttons in and asked him if he would paint them for me. These buttons are the result. They were done in 2016. The large one with the turtle is 5 cm. The others are 3 – 4 cm.
When I visit my nephew Graeme in Melbourne he sometimes finds a button shop for me. He took me to The Button Shop in Brighton where I bought these buttons in 2011.
The two wooden buttons have been painted, one has a lady with flowers, the other pictures a couple. They measure 2 1/2 cm.
The other button is really colourful with a house in the hills pictured on it. It is a sort of childlike drawing and is a bit of fun.
Many glass buttons were made by the Bimini Company in England in the 1950’s.
This button is a nice example being a lovely greeny/blue colour with a gold lustre which was also common on these buttons. There is a brass round plate and shank applied to the back with a MADE IN ENGLAND backmark.
This button features a traditional Thai dancer. It is backmarked SIAM SILVER so would have been made prior to 1939 when Siam became Thailand.
Here are two very different chunky buttons. One is a coppery colour. It tapers up from the bottom and is then sunken down into the middle to show a swirly pattern. The outside has a linear design engraved on it. It is of some type of plastic I think and has a brass loop shank.
The other has a cream pearly centre with a gold coloured scrolly outer fitted over the shape. It has a metal shank and is rather unusual.
This group of black plastic buttons have had a pearl coating of silver colour which really sets them off. It gives them a stripey look because of the ridged lines radiating from the centre. They measure 1 1/2 cm.
This metal button is nice with a decorative border of gold circles and fleur de lis pattern. Some clear glass stones are set in the middle. The photo does not show it at it’s best.
The back is black with a loop shank. It measures a little over 3 cm.
This black glass button has a cut out design. It is just under 3 cm in diameter and has a metal loop shank.
This plastic button is modern (another opp shop find) The purple and green on the black ground is very nice. It has an irridescent look. I love purple and green. It measures a little over 1 1/2 cm.
All of these buttons have been bought in opp shops over the past 10 – 12 years. I like their look.
Group one are all small white metal buttons measuring 1 1/2cm. Their designs are simple and pleasing. Group two are also of white metal although much larger, one being heart shaped. Group three are of the same material but with more intricate designs. All of these buttons appear to be of a similar period although I don’t really know how old they are.