Month: March 2026

Here are some realistic plastic buttons in the shape of a daisy. Some of them are pearlized. Are they from the 1940s or 1950s? Each of them would look good on the appropriate material.

Here is an original card of Pewter buttons made in Norway. I think they are from the 1960s or 1970s. At that time there were a lot of Pewter buttons made in Norway depicting skiing themes, elk, vikings and snowflake symbols etc. It is nice to have the full set of buttons.

I only have two mosaic buttons and the other one is tiny. It is amazing how they create a button with such tiny pieces of glass. It is not really my colours but I have seen no other for sale. It is set in silver and has a rope like edge, I think it was made in Italy.

Here are two enamel buttons which are a little different to some I have in my collection. The colours and the open work and that they both have cut steel decoration makes them so. I would suggest that they are from the Art Nouveau period.

Here is a group of simple fabric covered buttons from a few years gone by. It is interesting to compare these fabrics to the fabrics in the shops currently. I think they have got bolder and brighter as the years have gone by. That is the way of fashion I guess.

This pair of buttons are of a rich red thread wound around a mould which is probably wood or bone. Four diamond shapes form a square in the middle which I think is stitched. There is no actual shank and you sew through the threaded back. They are only small measuring under 1 1/2 cm. I guess they are fairly old.

Here is a group of modern bone buttons of various shapes and sizes. They have all been carved in simple designs. They also have been coloured in sepia and rubbed back to just leave the colour in the crevices. I think these buttons also were made in Nepal. I think I bought them at a Melbourne Buttonfest many years ago. They would enhance a garment made of natural wool.

This bone button is modern and in the form of a flower. It is nicely carved and curved. I think it was made in Nepal and probably is cattle bone. It measures 3 1/2 x 4 cm so is quite large. I guess it would be suitable for an overcoat.

Here are my only two realistic Beatrix Potter character buttons in my collection. They are of course Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddleduck. The Peter Rabbit one is exactly the same as the illustration in the book. I admire Beatrix Potter; she was a very imaginative and talented lady. Her books are still available today. I have a few books about her life. She did well having had no encouragement from her mother.

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Here are two modern mother of pearl buttons. They have been dyed a bright colour and then etched back to reveal the natural shell colour forming a flower design. They are very thin, are sew through type and measure just on 2 1/2 cm.