All things buttons & more …
Although these Ceramic buttons are the same design they are “not the same.” That is the beauty of being hand made; they can not be perfect or exactly the same.
I bought the round one maybe 8 years back and was given the square one for Christmas 2 or 3 years ago. The round one is 3 cm. and the square one is 4 cm. As said before they are made in South Africa.
One of these needle holders has advertising on it namely Kirby, Beard and Co. Ltd. London and Redditch. It holds 100 needles and is made of brass which has been enamelled.
The other three are all plastic; probably Bakelite. On two the lid screws off and becomes a thimble showing a tiny real of cottons. What great compact and useful containers they are.
Here are three light blue glass buttons with silver lustre.
I have seen this button design in different colours. They have a self shank and measure approx. 2 cm.
My friend Di bought these Fabric covered buttons recently for me at a market.
They are of Japanese fabric and are currently being made. The colours are nice and bright and cheery.
Here we have two groups of silver metalized plastic buttons from the 1990’s onwards.
The designs are many and varied from floral, geometric and swirly patterns. I have gathered these buttons from opp shops over the years.
Here are two sparkly buttons made of filigree white metal with a large clear paste centre.
They have a metal loop shank and are a little over 2 cm.
SUSAN CLARKE ORIGINALS
I bought these buttons at a Patchwork shop ten years or more ago. They are rather pretty with white enamel background and a little pink flower in a heart shaped brass button. I do not know anything about them.
These three Bakelite buttons are mottled colours of Blue, Red and Green.
They are two layered with a complimentary colour. The cut away design shows the colour underneath and they are a little unusual being oval shaped.
These plastic buttons were made for Beutron in the late 1960’s.
They are all sew through type and their colours are subtle compared to colours used today. They may be rather plain but the colours blended nicely or were a great contrast to the colours of the fabric of the day.
The first button is of white metal with seven purple paste stones glued into a diamond pattern and is rather smart.
The second one has a large paste stone set in the middle being surrounded by many small pink stones. They are both quite glitzy and would really show up in the evening light.