Month: January 2021

Here are two handmade glass buttons made by Di Bloomfield from Victoria. One is red and the other yellow and they are very striking. They have a plastic shank attached.

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Here is a trio of small metal buttons featuring heads. One has a border of cut steels. It is always interesting with head buttons to wonder who they really are. They are all approximately 14 mm in diameter.

This is a white glass button with a very colourful design. I think it represents a blue butterfly and a yellow flower. It is rather “abstractish” and is a cheery button. It has a metal loop shank.

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This is a lovely floral mosaic button from Italy. It is very colourful and is set in silver. They certainly do a great job of setting all these tiny pieces of glass into a button. It would be fun to watch one being made.

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Here are two small metal picture buttons depicting children. They are illustrations from children’s books by Kate Greenaway who was popular in the late 1800’s in England.

This button is probably from the 1930’s. It is black (possibly bakelite) with a metalized plastic rose in the centre. It is quite effective but a fairly common design.

Here is a carved ivory button featuring a dragon which is a common subject for Japanese buttons. I was lucky enough to find it in a tin of old dirty buttons given to me so it was my lucky day. It measures 3 cm.

Here is a nice set of small Ceramic buttons. They are hand painted in bright colours depicting various fruits and are outlined in black which makes them stand out. I bought them in a craft shop a few years ago.

Here is a Mother of Pearl button with a metal escutcheon showing a Japanese or Chinese symbol. I wonder what it means. It measures 2 cm.

This Antler button is quite large at 4 cm in diameter. It has been left in it’s natural state with the roughness of the outer “bark” showing. It is a sew through type. It would suit natural fibres giving a homemade look.