Month: July 2024

Here is a group of plastic realistic cherry buttons which I have just recently purchased new at Spotlight Store. They would be more a craft button and are a sew through type although I suppose they could be used on a simple cotton dress with a little bit of red in it.

These two handpainted bone buttons show a pair of birds. I believe that they are Camel bone and come from Iran. They are very small at 1 cm. I thought they were at least 2 cm so was quite surprised when they came in the mail and were so small.

Here is a Caramel glass button with a moulded floral design. It has had white paint highlighting it originally which is now quite worn. It measures a little over 2 1/2 cm. It is new to my collection.

These two bakelite buttons were a recent gift. They are both dark brown and carved. One has a brass decorative disc in the centre. The other has a white metal feather. They both have a very large metal loop shank.

I really like this button, the colour and the design. It is a nice khaki green and the brass centrepiece is very decorative in a floral theme. It has a metal loop shank. It is new to my collection.

Here are three lacy glass buttons on which the paint is a bit worn. When in top condition they are quite pricey. They are moulded glass with the coloured paint on the back and then a coating of black or silver finally to make the colours come through to the front. The designs are rather nice.

Here are some tweed and houndstooth fabric covered buttons which were a common sight say back in the 1950s and 60s or even earlier. A lot of coats and jackets had buttons of the same material as the coat itself. The coats of today I think more often have other types like plastic. I don’t feel the cold so much so don’t wear coats but wish I did as there are some lovely ones in the shops.

Here are two black velvet buttons which have been stitched and beaded in bright colours. I believe they were made in India. They are modern and were in the haberdashery shops quite a few years ago and I have a few of them. It is a lot of work to go into a button but the Indians are good at decorating things. I have a few boxes made in India and they are painted beautifully with the same detail. I love the bright colours they use.

Here are three different plastic children’s buttons maybe from the early 1940s. They have different images painted on them and are in not too bad order. I think the old children’s buttons are hard to find and guess some were washed so many times they really deteriorated and got thrown out. Back then mothers knitted jumpers and cardigans for their young ones and these buttons really made the garment zing.

This is an imitation fabric black glass button with a pink daisy on the left side. Just visible is a tinge of yellow in the background. It measures a little over 2 1/2cm in diameter. I wonder what type of garment it would have been worn on as glass buttons are a bit weighty.