Buttonsplus

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.

This oval patterned and painted wooden button is rather nice. It was bought for me at The Button Queen shop in London in June, 2013. That apparently is a well known shop. I think it is reasonably old. It measures 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 cm so is quite large.

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.