Month: January 2025

Here are two large bakelite buttons which I think would be for an overcoat. They are both dark brown which is a common colour for the period. They each have a metal trim and a little bit of carving and are quite chunky.

Here is a button made of white metal with a disc of burgundy coloured stone like substance upon which is sculpted a lady;s head. I do not know what the material is or the age of the button but guess it is fairly old. Who has all these answers!!

Here is a boxed set of enamel buttons that was probably gifted to someone in the early 1900s. They are small square buttons in blue and white featuring a flower. Their attaching rings are still intact making up the complete set. What a nice gift to receive for a 21st birthday or the likes as was common back then.

These two enamelled buttons are just a bit different in design and colour scheme. They both are of a floral design with open work and cut steel trim. One is orange and white with a little pink flower and the other one is red and blue with white flowers. Neither are a perfect circle as well.

Oh! what bright eyes you have! This group of four buttons are of Lampwork Glass and just in basic red, green and blue. They are quite striking in their rather naive sort of way. They are modern and I do not know the maker. They have a metal loop shank.

This is a vegetable ivory button with a fossil embedded in the centre. It was made in 2012 by Bob Benson of USA. It has a couple of narrow borders which have been dyed and carved in a simple pattern. It measures a little over 4 cm.

This fabric button was stitched by Helen Pappas from Benalla, Victoria. It shows a Christmas tree with parcels underneath. She has done lots of embroidered buttons over the years. It measures just under 4 cm. It looks better in reality.

I am a fan of Beatrix Potter and can really appreciate her sketches as I also like to sketch. The first button is plastic and features Mrs Tiggy Winkle one of her characters. The second button is porcelain with a portrait of Beatrix Potter and was made by Birchcroft, England. I have several books about Beatrix’ s life. Her parents were overpowering and put too many restrictions on her but she proved her point and became quite famous and made a good income from her children’s books. There were many buttons made featuring her story characters in the twentieth century and I have quite a nice selection of them.

Here is a group of Gay Nineties buttons from as the name suggests the late 1890s. They are all metal with a large glass stone of varying colours set in the centre. On the whole they are quite large being 3 1/2 to 4 cm in diameter.

Here are four old buttons made by wrapping thread around a wooden mould. Different threads have been used and then some crochet done. They don’t have a shank and you sew them on through the threads at the back. I do not know their actual age but think they are quite old.