Category: BLACK GLASS

Here is a black glass button with a Chinese symbol (unless it is Japanese) featured with a silver lustre.  I wonder what it means?

I do like black glass buttons and although I have quite a lot I couldn’t leave these ones at the recent Buttonfest.  They were cheap and in good order.  Some of them have an Art Deco look while the others are a more scrolly design.

Here are two black glass buttons with gold lustre in the centre.  The third button has a dotty design and has a four way metal box shank.

They are new to my collection having been bought in opp shops in England recently by my friend Margaret.  She enjoyed poking around in all the villages and it was a nice surprise for me.

These three black glass buttons all have a gold lustre and self shank.

One is matte finish and two are glossy.  They are all approx. 2  1/4 cm in diameter.

Here we have six black glass buttons with a silver lustre.  They always look showy I think.

The second three appear to be 1930’s period to me.

These three buttons are all quite decorative in design and have a real sparkle with their iridescent lustre.

They are a nice size being 2  1/2cm. The third one has a metal four way box shank and the other two have self shanks so are not quite so old.

Here we have four black glass buttons with gold lustre.  They are all a sort of Art Deco design and have a metal four way box shank.  They are also all approx. 2  1/2 cm in diameter.  They do not photograph easily I find.

These buttons both have a head incised into the glass.

One is plain while the other one has a fancy border.  They both have a metal loop shank and are just a little over 1 cm in diameter.  They were part of a small private button collection that I bought in November, 2017.

This black glass button has a cut out design.  It is just under 3 cm in diameter and has a metal loop shank.