Marie Gardner produced these buttons at her pottery studio in Sydney, Australia during the 1940’s.
There are several designs and colour combinations in this group and they have a lovely high glaze. What a nice picture they make.
POTTERY BUTTONS
CELLULOID BUTTON – BY MARION WEEBER
This is a very recent acquisition to add to my collection. (Actually I only got it yesterday! ) I was so thrilled to get it as I have only seen them in books.
I love both the design and colours and it is bigger than I expected at 3 1/4 cm. Actually the colours are nicer than the photo portrays.
Marion Weeber from USA produced many Celluloid buttons in the 1940’s, lots with fruit and flower designs, so this is a typical example.
FABRIC BUTTONS
Here is a nice group of modern fabric buttons.
They all have a black velvet background and various designs done with pearls, beads and sequins. Gold and silver thread has also been incorporated in their design.
I think they look very regal and I know that they were quite dear when I bought them new in the shops about 10 – 12 years ago.
BONE BUTTONS
There are two groups of buttons here made from bone.
They all have some carving on them and have been dyed which shows up the design. There are also a few different shapes. They were made in Nepal and are modern.
WOODEN BUTTONS
Sandra is a button friend of mine and her husband Bob made these wooden buttons. He has added a button centre in these two. We watched him make a plain wooden one.
It is nice to have a button which was made by a friend.
THE BUTTON QUEEN SHOP – LONDON
My friend Olwyn bought these buttons at The Button Queen Shop in London in 2011. She is not a collector yet always finds some interesting ones for me and asks them to write some details on the cards . We have a day of reckoning when she comes home.
No. 1 This is a silver button with a simple floral design on a square shape. It is backmarked Made in Deccan and has a Trade Mark. It is circa 1900.
No. 2 This button pictures The Duchess of Devonshire. It is a high relief moulded button and is a 1940’s reproduction of a 19th Century button.
No. 3 These are reverse cut and painted perspex buttons from the 1930’s. I have shown both back and front.
CELLULOID AND METAL BUTTON
Isn’t it amazing how this button is constructed; not just stamped out on a machine.
It shows how much effort was put into making buttons in the early 1900’s. Like I have said before, they are little works of art.
HORN AND BRASS
I like this button which is horn with a pressed brass head on top.
It suits this small ornate metal frame and I have it in one of my glass display cabinets amongst the buttons. I do not know if the head is of somebody famous.
GLASS BUTTONS
This little group of glass buttons are a greyish mauve colour.
One has gold lustre and two have silver. The one with the flower like design has three holes which is a little unusual. Apart from the one with the gold which is smaller, they are all 1 1/2cm in diameter.
ENAMEL BUTTONS
Two enamelled brass buttons are shown here.
One is a beautiful bright blue with a white centre and tiny pink flower. The other has a white background with pink and blue flowers. It has a gold scalloped edge.