Buttonsplus

This Gay Nineties button has a gorgeous green coloured stone in the centre. The brass trim is quite decorative both at the sides and the ends of the stone. It measures just on 4 cm.

Here is a metal picture button which has been tinted red which makes it a little different. It shows a moulded girl’s face in a circle which is surrounded by a half circle of a type of leafy pattern. I think it may be a common button as I have seen it in one of my button books. It has a japanned back and loop shank and measures a little under 3 1/2 cm.

This metal button is a modern realistic flower. It comes from Thailand and was given to me by my friend Lek. It is very well made. The photo does not show it off at it’s best. It measures 2 cm.

Here are a couple of modern wooden buttons with a very simple pattern etched into them. They are of a conical shape and have a plastic shank embedded in them. I have photographed them on a piece of wood which is similar in colour.

This is the only one of this type of button that I have with the little flowers embedded in it. I love the colours purple, yellow and green. It is not very big at 2 cm. It is much nicer in reality.

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.