Month: July 2024

Here are two of my collection of Cut Steel buttons. They are metal buttons with the Cut Steel trim which in these two cases are quite large. Some buttons are entirely made up of cut steels rivetted onto a tin plate so it is nice to have some of each type.

Here are three metal buttons each featuring a head with different headwear. It would be interesting to know who these people are and if they were someone of note. The one in the middle has a cut steel border and is the largest at a little over 1 1/2cm so they are not very big.

Here is a light grey glass button with sides decorated in a mixture of blue and green which is quite bright and colourful but does not show to advantage in the photo. It has a metal shank and measures 2 cm.

These three white glass buttons are fairly modern in design but with the metal four way box shank I think may have a bit of age. The design is sort of abstract and to me doesn’t represent anything in particular. They measure a little under 1 1/2 cm so are not very big.

Here is a set of Lithograph Men’s Waistcoat buttons which would have originally been six buttons. They feature a fox’s head and perhaps go under the category of sporting buttons. I have had them for a long time.

I have just realized that I posted the Peasant Buttons about a month ago! It is amazing that I don’t do it more often as I post a photo on Instagram, my website and Button Banter so that is three different sites. Never mind, it could be worse. So my apologies for this error.

This is a set of European Silver Peasant Jacket buttons which are coinlike and dated 1780. The coin is a Thaler which was originally struck in Austria from 1740 to 1780. They show the reverse of the actual coin as a combined Coat of Arms of Imperial Austria. Around the edge is written ARCHID-AVST DUX BURG CO TYR 1780 X. It is Latin and translates to Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Burgundy, Countess of Tyrol which is the Grand Title of Maria Theresa who is on the front of the actual coin.

This is a rather unusual button being wound with brown leather around two rings. In the centre is a metal flower and leaves. It has a tin back and shank and measures a little under 4 cm so is quite large. I imagine it was on a brown leather coat.

This red plastic is probably from the 1940s – 50s. It has a nice floral design and I imagine it may have come in a variety of colours. Although simple in design it is quite a nice button and would go well on a crisp cotton fabric.

Here are three buttons covered with Japanese fabric. I bought them new at a market quite a few years ago. One shows a couple of Geisha dolls and the others are typical Japanese prints in bright colours. They have a tin back and metal loop shank.