All things buttons & more …
Here is a button from 2017 which I received at Xmas time. At our little local button collector’s group we have a Kris Kringle button gift each year. It is rather striking being black enamel with a diamante` encrusted gold band across the middle. It measures just under 3 cm and is a good quality button.
This is a small hand painted porcelain button with a lady’s portrait. It is very delicately done and looks lovely in reality. It is quite domed and has a gold line around the edge. It measures 1 1/2 cm so is not very big.
Here is a trio of modern enamel buttons with a geometric pattern. In reality they are much brighter and richer so are quite striking. They measure 2 cm.
Here is a modern enamel button which is very colourful and in a geometric design. In reality the colours are much richer. I think it may be from the 1970s but am not sure. It measures 2 cm. I also think it has been coated in gold.
Here are two modern wooden buttons which have been etched then filled with sepia ink. The designs are very simplistic and show a fish and a yacht. They were given to me by a friend in 2011. They are sew through type and measure 1 1/2 cm.
Here are three wooden buttons that are quite hollowed out and have been painted with two spotted red toadstools. The edge has been painted with brown dashes. They are sew through type and I think fairly old.
This trio of buttons are of a cream plastic with a white glass centre which has a leaf design in gold. They are a little different and measure just under 3 1/2 cm. I bought them from a lady who had inherited her Aunty’s button box.
This is a white metal button with a black glass with gold lustre centre. The metal border is in a floral design which is quite pretty. It has a metal loop shank.
Here are three buckles; two plastic and one metal with green glass stones. They are accompanied by an etched brass needle case with a mauve tassel. I have a few needle cases made of various materials and they are interesting.
Here are two jazzy brass buckles from the Art Deco period. They are very colourful and striking. The yellow one is of coiled wire and very effective. The green one has a filigree design which is also quite showy. I have quite a nice collection of buckles as well as my buttons and I enjoy them too.