Category: METAL

These two white metal buttons have pierced designs and are quite heavy.

They are pewter like in appearance but I am not up with the various metals.  Both of them have a key shank.

This brass button has been painted with various colours in a dotted manner.

The paintwork is still in fairly good order which is a plus.  It is approximately 2  1/2  cm in diameter.

This button features a traditional Thai dancer.  It is backmarked SIAM SILVER so would have been made prior to 1939 when Siam became Thailand.

This metal button is nice with a decorative border of gold circles and fleur de lis pattern.  Some clear glass stones are set in the middle.  The photo does not show it at it’s best.

The back is black with a loop shank.  It measures a little over 3 cm.

All of these buttons have been bought in opp shops over the past 10 – 12 years.  I like their look.

Group one are all small white metal buttons measuring 1  1/2cm.  Their designs are simple and pleasing.  Group two are also of white metal although much larger, one being heart shaped. Group three are of the same material but with more intricate designs.  All of these buttons appear to be of a similar period although I don’t really know how old they are.

I think that this open work white metal button may represent an Eidleweiss flower.  It is a good design and very artistic.  At 3 cm  it is a good size.

This old metal button interests me although I know nothing about it.

To me it could have been dug up from the ground.  If only it could talk.  It is a little battered; maybe it is very old.  Who knows!!

These white metal buttons are all very heavy and chunky.  They appear to me to be pewter but I don’t really know.

One is a flowery design and another a swirly pattern.  The flower one is backmarked LANDICO.    The middle one is very deep and an unusual shape and pattern.

They all seem crudely made as seen by the backs.  I have bought them in opp shops in the last 10 – 12 years and don’t know their age

I purchased these two buttons at the opp shop in the last few years.  They are both just under 2  1/2cm.

One is pierced with a leafy pattern.  The other has a very intricate design embossed on it.  They both have some creamish paintwork on them and I think that they are quite attractive.

Both of these modern realistic buttons are very well made.

The brass cat button was given to me by my friend Suzanne.  It has a simple but effective design.  On the other hand the fly button is very detailed and finely created.