Month: August 2019

Here is a large button at 4 1/4cm. It is a lovely cherry red and a sew through type. The design is effective with contrasting smooth and embossed type areas. It is old but in good order.

This button was also given to me by a friend. I am guessing that it may have been made in Thailand as I have some of a similar style. It is black plastic with pink metalic inclusions so is quite colourful. It measures 3 cm.

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Here is a bright yellow glass button with a design in gold lustre making it very appealing. Yellow was not a common colour for buttons years ago. It has a self shank and measures just over 1 1/2cm.

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Here are two Black Glass look alike buttons made from plastic. The design is so similar to many of the early 1900’s Black Glass buttons. They are small at just over 1 cm.

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Here is a modern metal button in a square shape. It has an abstract appearance with several squares patterned on it and has a self shank. It seems like Pewter but I am not sure.

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This button is modern and square shaped. It is quite detailed with what appears to be a man on horseback with maybe a rifle. The foreground shows grass and I think two ducks flying off. I guess it is a modern version of the Metal Picture buttons of the early 1900’s.

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Our little Button Collector’s Group got together last Friday. Our topic was clear and clear coloured glass buttons and we had a nice selection as there was only three of us present. Some were facetted and others moulded but they all have a nice sheen. We had a fun afternoon as usual. Here are a few of them.

These buttons are hand painted Ceramic and are modern. They are nicely painted and outlined in black giving them a very good look. We have Cherries, Grapes, Water Melon and an Apple. They are sew through type and measure 1 1/2 cm.

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Here is another Opp Shop find. It is a modern black leather button in a flowerlike shape interlaced with white thread. It has a metal loop shank.

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This is a black glass button with a gold lustre featuring a Galleon Ship in full sail. I have just obtained it from an Opp shop in Euroa and it was a good find. It has a self shank.