Month: December 2019

Here is a Celluloid buckle in a tan colour. It is embellished in gold and black with some yellow lines which give it a good look. It has a tin back and would come from the 1930’s and 1940’s.

Here is a metal button featuring a young girl in a bonnet which has been pressed into the metal. It is a concave shape which makes the head stand out. It measures just under 2 1/2cm.

I have quite a few buttons on their original cards and most have been bought at Opp shops. These are stored in a set of old sewing machine drawers which my brother put together for me. It is a good way of keeping them in order.

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Here are two photos of a mass of various buttons. My friend Margaret spent 3 months in England last year and she loves opp shopping and bought all these buttons for me. What a nice surprise it was. They are many and varied. There were many more but this is all I could fit in two photos.

This button on it’s original card was just given to me by a friend recently. It is a modern metalized plastic button with a red plastic “gemstone” and is quite large at 3 1/2 cm.

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Here is a tin button with an embossed flower in the centre. The background is finely lined which makes the plain petals stand out. It has a metal loop shank.

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This is a moulded Celluloid button in the form of flowers. It is of pastel shades and has a self shank. I guess it is from the 1930’s – 40’s.

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Here are two caramel coloured plastic buttons which have been inlaid with blue plastic and white metal. One is a sew through type and the other has a brass loop shank. They measure 1 3/4cm and have a look of the 1930’s – 40’s about them.

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Here are two black glass buttons once again with gold lustre which was very common. Both have a floral inspired design. One is completely covered in gold and the other is a nice balance of black and gold. They measure 2 1/2 cm. They are hard to photograph which is a pity because I have some really lovely black glass buttons which I would love to share.

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Here are three modern white metal buttons in the form of a cross. They are perfectly plain and have a metal loop shank. They come from an Opp shop.