All things buttons & more …
Here are six Cameo Style button covers. They are made from some type of plastic but look quite realistic.
You use them to ” dress up ” a garment by sliding them over the existing plain button and snapping them together. What a nifty idea.
I show now some photos from the Buttonfest held in Melbourne on 13th October, 2018.
They are all from the Victorian Button Collectors Club display there. The theme was for buttons of the world and there were some really beautiful buttons and buckles displayed. Of course there were thousands of buttons for sale and I had my yearly splurge which I will share later. It was another successful and well run show.
Here we have two brass buttons with a ” horsey ” theme. The larger one shows a horse and horseshoe while the smaller one has a horseshoe and whip. They have been popular subject matter for buttons over the years.
These plain coloured buttons are Chef’s buttons. They are detachable from the Chef’s white shirt and certainly are not at all decorative, purely functional. I think the different colours denotes the different stages of a Chef’s working life but am not sure.
This metal button features the head of Mercury with his winged helmet. He is a character in Roman Mythology and is commonly identified with the Greek Hermes, the fleet footed messenger of the Gods.
This silver button is quite small but very decorative with a cherub utop a scroll.
It may well have been one of a boxed set of buttons which were very popular in the late 1890’s and early 1900’s.
These four tiny brass buttons have been painted with a flower design. They are quite pretty. I wonder what type of garment they were worn on ? (Maybe a blouse. )
Here are some Versace Fashion Buttons. They feature the head of Medusa which comes from Greek mythology and is the logo for The Versace Fashion House. They are modern buttons.
Here are two black glass buttons with gold lustre in the centre. The third button has a dotty design and has a four way metal box shank.
They are new to my collection having been bought in opp shops in England recently by my friend Margaret. She enjoyed poking around in all the villages and it was a nice surprise for me.
These two brass buttons are a little over 2 cm. One is a basketweave type of pattern and the other a swirly pattern resembling fabric. They both have a metal loop shank.