Category: PLASTIC

This button is unusual both in colour and design. I guess it may be from the 1960s. It is of bright yellow plastic with a silver filigree domed centre. Under the dome it is of an iridescent pink which is a great contrast to the yellow. I wonder what garment it would have been worn on.

Here are several old plastic buttons of various sizes, colours and periods. I keep them in a divided box just for interest sake. They are too good to throw out but not good enough to mount on a card. I do not know their age but guess they could be from the 1940s – 50s. Sometimes I just tip them onto a tray and “play” with them. They are quite tactile. The colours are not as gaudy as those of today.

I think these two plastic buttons are actually Casein and probably from the 1930s. I do not know my plastics so usually generalize. They are very shiny and in good condition. They are both sew through type; one having four holes and the other two. The red and white makes quite a statement.

This trio of buttons are of a cream plastic with a white glass centre which has a leaf design in gold. They are a little different and measure just under 3 1/2 cm. I bought them from a lady who had inherited her Aunty’s button box.

Here are two modern plastic buttons which are just a bit of fun. One is Betty Boop and the other a Flapper Girl. I don’t know that I would want them on a garment but they are good for a collection. I have just looked up BBB and they are Laser cut, surface coloured polyester made in Brazil for JHB International about 1998. I bought them at the Haberdashery store.

Here are two black and white buttons from the 1930s I think. I find them striking and have quite a nice collection of them. I think they may be Casein but I do not know all the different plastics so just generalize. I love collecting buttons but am not very knowledgeable about them but that doesn’t stop me from enjoying them.

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At 6 cms in diameter these two buttons are very large. They would be for a cloak or coat. The bright brown one is a sew through type. The other one is a mottled greenish brown and has a brass loop shank.

I have just acquired these Plastic Bow Buttons at an Opp shop in a little town called Meeniyan in Southern Victoria. They were in a $2 jar of buttons so I was very pleased. There were 2 red glass buttons also so I was pretty pleased with that.

This button was given to me by a lady from South Africa.  It is rather unusual with a floral design on the front and an impressed geometric design on the back.  It is a mottley  apricot colour.  I find it fascinating.

My friend Jacqui found this group of old buttons amongst her sewing bits and pieces.  They are nearly all plastic buttons of some sort mostly in a shade of brown.