Month: May 2024

These buttons were bought new maybe ten years ago. They are quite different and are an odd shape. . I don’t know if the floral design on top has been layered on and then cut away or if it has just been sort of painted on. but it is certainly a separate layer. They are some type of plastic and measure nearly 4 cm at the widest point.

I have many Metalized Plastic buttons both in gold and silver which have mainly been got at Opp shops. Many people think they are metal buttons which is not surprising. Their weight gives them away. This group varies in sizes and designs. In the first picture the top left button is very similar to a black glass with gold lustre button that I have. Plastic can imitate many materials and designs.

Here is an original button card with pearl buttons made in U.S.A. I can appreciate the art work on the old button cards and this one is no exception with it’s peacocks on the side. It is also good to have all the buttons still intact and in good order. These old button cards are getting harder to find now so we are lucky to have what we have.

Here are four different button covers. They would have been made in sets of four or six originally. I think they were popular in the 1980s or thereabouts. They were made to convert a very plain button on a garment to something dressier thus altering the look of a jacket for example. The cover opens up and the back slides behind the original button and then clips shut. I have quite a few different ones but only a couple of full sets. I wonder who came up with the idea; quite ingenious.

These two metal buttons are in the Art Nouveau style both featuring a floral design. The scrolly lines are typical of this period. Each design is nicely balanced. They have a brass loop shank and measure 2 1/2 cm.

I think these three Lithograph buttons would have been part of a set of six originally. They portray ladies in large hats who were probably famous ladies of the day. They are waiscoat buttons which were worn by men in the late 1890s or early 1900s.

Here are two Jemima Puddleduck buttons; one a realistic and the other a round white plastic with Jemima featured and outlined in black. Beatrix Potter from England was a famous children’s story book author and illustrator in the early 1900s. She created Peter Rabbit among with many other characters; Jemima is just another one. Beatrix had a great imagination as well as being a very proficient sketcher. Her books are still being published throughout the world.

This metal button has an arc of white metal around it with a floral design. The circle surrounds a large brass flower on an irregular background which has been painted black. Over all it is quite an interesting button which measures a little over 3 1/2 cm. It has a brass loop shank.

Here are three clear perspex buttons, each with a metal disc in the centre. The discs have a different design on them. They have a tin disc and shank on the back. There were quite a lot of this type of button produced in their time. ( Maybe 1930s ) I am not sure when )

This Mosaic button is very colourful with it’s yellow flower set in an aqua background. The red brightens it up even more. It is amazing how they make these buttons out of such tiny pieces of glass; such a fiddly job but so effective. It is set in a silver back and measures a little over 2 cm.