Month: June 2020

Here is a set of six handmade fine linen thread buttons from the Victorian period. They are small at just under 1 cm in diameter. How fiddly they would be to make.

Here is a group of three small black glass buttons in varying designs. Two have self shanks and one a brass loop shank. They measure 1 1/4cm.

This black horn button has a “Cameo style” head on it. I do not know who it represents. It measures 3 cm and has a metal look shank. I quite like buttons with heads on them.

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These buttons are very glitzy being set in gold metal. They are modern and were purchases in China in 2013. Paste is the term given to these buttons with small facetted glass stones set into metal in various designs.

Here is an original button card showing nine small utility pearl buttons. They are shown as Chalmers Pearls and the art work on the card is nice with a lot of gold.

This Realistic button is Mother of Pearl and is modern. It is in the form of a flower and has a brass loop shank. It measures 4 cm so is quite large.

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These Metal Picture buttons feature a bird and a twig with flowers. They have a dark brown velvet background which contrasts nicely with the brass.

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Here are two carved Mother of Pearl buttons both being sew through type. They are simple in their design but still rather nice. They measure just on 3 1/2cm so are rather large.

This Studio button is of Porcelain with I guess a transfer printed portrait of Jackie Kennedy. It is signed on the back by Shirley Shaw from USA. It measures 3 1/2 cm so is quite large.

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Here are three transfer printed porcelain buttons in an oval shape. Two are floral designs, one with a bird. The other one features two children by the seaside. They have a plastic loop shank attached to the back. They would be more decorative than functional.