Buttonsplus

Here are two white metal picture buttons with an Oriental theme. I don’t know if it is a scene from The Mikado or not. It shows two figures on their knees in front of other figures under a sunshade. How they fit so much detail on a button always amazes me.

Here is a Metal Picture button depicting a young girl in a bonnet. The background is plain and the border quite basic too. It has been tinted black I think and not painted. I can’t find it so can not check on it!! I recall it is just of average size and not a large button.

Here are four Ceramic buttons in blue and white with simple designs which remind me of the Blue Willow pattern that has been so popular over the years. I don’t know if the craze is caused with age or is meant to be. They are just two hole sew through type buttons.

I like Celluloid Backs or Victorian Celluloid buttons and have a few nice ones. Many of them are brown or neutral colours but these two are a little different having purple metal border or trim. The actual celluloid is a brown colour in each of them. One also has cut steels in a circle inside the border. I really like them.

Here is a metal button which has painted decoration in red, white and green. The button itself has a rather nice geometric type design with a triangle and arms leading out to the edge. I wonder if it would sit in the Art Deco style period.

This is a mixed group of new buttons bought in the last few years at our local Lincraft Store. I used to pop in every so often to check out their buttons. They are closing down now so that is the end of another era. There are two checked fabric buttons with eyelets, a black glass with gold lustre, a gold plastic realistic cat and a ceramic yacht, so quite a nice variety. They will be the collectables of the future, or that is my theory.

I believe that this button was made in Nepal or India. It is bone with decorative brass trim and is oval shaped which makes it a bit different. It has been dyed a sepia colour. The photo does not do it justice.

Here are some laser cut wooden buttons purely for craft purposes. They have been painted nicely in natural colours and would look good in a country scene. I bought them years ago at a Patchwork Shop we used to have near our village.

I received this button as a Christmas party swap in 2017. It looks rather smart I think. It is a gold metal with black enamel and has four clear glass stones embedded across the middle. It is quite heavy and measures a little under 3 cm.

What lovely bright and colourful face buttons. I especially like the bottom two looking a bit like Betty Boop. I do not know who made them but I guess they are glass lampwork which I have watched a lady in Bendigo do and it is fascinating. We were lucky to get them at a craft shop in Kyabram a few years ago.