Category: BLACK GLASS

This is a nice group of black glass buttons with cut out design incorporating black braid in the centre.  They have a brass loop shank and are 1  1/2cm.  They are Victorian and I think very classy.

I find these buttons fascinating.  The centre piece is a small crochet type circle embedded into the glass.  There are four holes in the glass where some thread comes through to the back to make a cross to form a “shank” for sewing the button on.

Unfortunately I cut the thread by mistake on one so the button fell apart and I only have two. The only plus to that is that it shows the construction.   I think it is a Victorian button.

Here are more black glass buttons, this time with a silver lustre.

The second group are more Art Deco style and so different to the first group which would be older.

Black glass buttons have been made for many years, especially in the first part of the 20th Century.  There must have been thousands of different designs made.

Firstly we see a black glass buckle and some buttons, then two groups of black glass buttons with a gold lustre.

To me they always look smart.

Here is a group of little black glass buttons, several with a different pattern.

Most of them have a brass loop shank, a couple having self shanks.  They are all under 12mm  in diameter.

This picture button depicts a hunter and his hounds hunting deer.

It is made of moulded black glass.

Being square, these black glass buttons are just a little bit different.  One has a silver lustre.  I think both the designs are  very nice; especially the one with the lustre.  It also has a four way metal box shank whilst the black one has a self shank and therefore not as old.  There were many black glass buttons made over the years.

Waterwheels have been a popular subject matter over many years on buttons.
This one has the design in great relief being partly matte and partly glossy which really looks lovely.
It has a brass loop shank and a Patent No. on the back.