Category: METAL

These buttons are of metal with a filigree type outer pattern.

They are modern and my friend got them in an English opp shop.  They have a loop shank and measure just over 2  1/2 cm.

These three buttons are of painted tin.  They all have a white background with a coloured design.

They are backmarked TCHSCOSLOVAQUIE which I can’t translate.

Here are three groups of Moulded Tin buttons, some from the 1920’s and some from the 1940’s.

They all have a tin back and shank.  The designs are varied, some with dotted patterns, some with flowers etc.

HEADS  ON  BUTTONS

Here are three nice brass buttons each with a head in the centre.  One has cut steels around the border and my good friend Suzanne gave it to me for my birthday in 2007.  Another one has a fabric background and the last one is all brass.  They are each lovely in their own way and are all approx. 1  1/2cm.

The large button has a floral and basketweave pattern painted in various colours.  It is open work showing a mirror back and measures 2  1/2 cm.

The two small buttons at approx. 1  1/4cm are pressed and painted brass in a floral design.

CUPID

At just under 4 cm this button appears to be silver although I can’t find a hallmark.  The background is filigree flowers and leaves and is a good foil for the plain Cupid figure in the middle.  Such lovely detail.  It has a metal loop shank.

LADY

This button has a lovely “Cameo type” lady’s head on the central disc.  It is capped off with a nice decorative border.  It measures 3  1/2cm and also has a metal loop shank.

This button is quite large at 3  1/2cm.  It is brass with a wooden background behind the scrolly design.  It has a japanned back with a metal loop shank.

These two brass buttons are both in the Art Nouveau style and feature a lovely lady’s head.

One has an irregular shape and flowing lines around the edge.  The circular one is a smaller button at a little over 2 cm but none the less still beautiful.

Here is a tinted brass button featuring a flower ( I think it is a Chrysanthemum)

It is an open work design and might I suggest not very practical as a button.  It has a loop shank and measures a little under 3  cm.

These two white metal buttons have lovely Art Nouveau designs with leaves and scrolls.  They are both just over 2 cm.