Buttonsplus

Here are two chunky carved Bakelite buttons in black and brown shades. I rather like them and think they look good quality. They both have a different colour embedded in them and the photo does not do them justice. They measure a little over 3 1/2 cm,

I think this is a reasonably common button but this one has a wooden background. I have seen one with a velvet background. The detail of the bird and flowers is very good and it always amazes me to see the detail that is put on a small item. The border is nondescript and pretty ordinary. It measures a little under 4 cm.

These two buttons are made with Japanese fabric which is bright and colourful. I bought them from a Japanese lady at a market in Yea several years ago. ( Now that I get them out of the drawer I find it was 2018 ) I especially like the orange and blue one.

Here are three modern coconut shell buttons each decorated differently. They are very colourful and striking especially the first two. There have been lots of coconut shell buttons made and I have quite a nice selection of them. I guess the coconuts were plentiful and not expensive to make.

Here is an original Beutron card costing $1.65 . It has two rectangle enamel buttons on it featuring the Queen of Hearts. I remember buying it from a lady in a wool shop in Seymour many years ago. I had bought some buttons from her stock and got chatting and she said that she had these at home and brought them in the next day for me, They are rather quaint,

Well, you wouldn’t say they were beautiful but I guess on the right garment they would look ok. They certainly are different. Yes, they are made of snake’s skin. They have been coated with a very high gloss.

This beaded button was hand stitched by Helen Pappas in 2017. She does lots of embroidered buttons also and lives near Benalla, Victoria. I bought it at a Melbourne Buttonfest where she and her husband had a stall. It is nice and bright and measures 3 1/4 cm.

These terracotta buttons are perfectly round and quite fine and feature a peacock’s feather. The colours are distinct and really bright and true to life. They are sew through type buttons and measure a little over 2 cm. I do not know where they were made.

Here are two Vegetable Ivory buttons by Bob Benson, USA both being made in 2012. They both have been finely carved with a dye added. One has a large turquoise stone set in the middle while the other has a fossil embedded in the centre. They are harder to obtain now and are becoming very expensive. They measure a little over 4 cm so are quite large.

This is a modern white metal button. It is a realistic button of a daisy flower and has good detail. It is just of average size.