This button is made of plastic and imitates the black glass buttons of the early 1900’s. It is amazing what can be done with plastic.
NEW BUTTON
FABRIC COVERED BUTTONS
Here is a group of fabric covered buttons with various fabrics of years gone by. They are made in various ways with different backs e.g. metal back with pad shank, metal back and loop shank etc.
It would be interesting to be able to identify their age by the style and fabric design. They just make a colourful picture I think. I was given them recently.
MOTHER OF PEARL BUTTONS
Here are two Mother of Pearl buttons that I purchased recently. They each have a nice geometric design carved on them. Mother of Pearl buttons have a certain charm about them with the variety of colours that shine in them in the light.
BAKELITE AND METAL BUTTON
Made of brown Bakelite, this button has a centre of pressed brass with a geometric design which is rather nice. It is quite large at 4 cm.
PLASTIC AND METAL BUTTON
This button is an olive green colour with a brass insert and loop shank.
The words around the rim are ” ES DEVS SPES NOSTRA ” translating as God is our Hope. A rigged sailing ship is featured in the centre.
COLOURED GLASS BUTTONS
My friend Di bought these coloured glass buttons recently at the Miyuki Seedbead Co. in Tokyo, Japan. She was led to believe that they were made there.
They resemble the lacy glass buttons I have seen in button books. They are clear glass with different colours painted on them and finally a coat of black paint on the back. They also have some gold lustre on the front. One has a four way box shank, the other a loop. They measure 2 1/2cm.
CERAMIC BUTTONS
Here are two nice Ceramic buttons with an abstract design and good colour combinations. They are sew throughs and measure 3 cm.
GLASS PAPERWEIGHT BUTTON
This Glass Paperweight button is new to my collection and is very colourful with a white background. It has a modernistic butterfly design on it which is very effective.
BLACK GLASS BUTTON
Here is a black glass button with a Chinese symbol (unless it is Japanese) featured with a silver lustre. I wonder what it means?
CHINA BUTTONS
I have only seen these buttons in books and these three are a new addition to my collection which I am pleased about. You can see from the abnormalaties that they were hand painted.
In the early 1900’s they were used on fun postcards using the button for the face of the character portrayed.