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Here are two lacy glass buttons from my collection. To get them with the paint on the back in really good order they are very expensive so these have some wear on them. I have read in a button book where years ago some collectors scraped all the paint off the back of these buttons. That seems criminal to me. I have seen some really pretty ones in books.

Here is another group of new buttons bought recently. The two checkered ones are fabric with eyelet sew through holes. The black glass one has some gold lustre dots. The cat is a gold metal realistic with black trim and the yacht is a resin button. I keep my new buttons in a small wooden set of drawers separate from old buttons. I am thinking that the black glass button is from some older stock but maybe I am wrong.

Here are four buttons purchased new at the Sewing Centre a couple of weeks ago. The top three gold ones are metalized plastic and the bottom one is a mustard plastic with a silver embellishment. Sometimes the gold ones resemble black glass with gold lustre.

These few black glass buttons are also new to my collection. Two have gold lustre and one silver lustre. The small one at bottom left has a copper lustre and the one on the right has a “diamond” in the centre. They were in a tin of buttons I went through a couple of weeks ago and I have cut cards for them but haven’t attached them yet. Apart from the copper lustre one which has a metal four way box shank the rest have self shanks.

For some reason these buttons did not photograph well which was disappointing as they are really bright and colourful. They are new to my collection and are toggle type buttons. I guess they may be Bakelite and maybe from the 1940s or 1950s. I wonder what type of garment they would have been used on ; they are quite chunky.

This little group of Celluloid buttons is a new acquisition to my collection. A friend offered to let me go through her sister’s button tin and I got quite a few old buttons and it is always fun to search for something interesting. The big dark one does not show to it’s best advantage as it is quite colourful in two greens in a type of swirly pattern. These buttons may be sort of common but are different to any I have.

This wooden button is new to my collection and I have not seen one like it before. It has a dog’s head painted on it in strong colours and thick paint. It has a wire loop shank and measures a little over 2 cm.

I bought these Ceramic buttons at the Opp Shop last week in a $2 jar of buttons. There were six of them. They are hand made Terracotta clay with a simple design stamped on them with a glaze over the top. They are sew through type and measure 2 1/2 cm. They would suit a homespun and knitted cardigan or a tweed jacket.

I think these clear coloured glass buttons were made during the Depression. I remember seeing similar coloured green glass plates and jugs years ago. The buttons are simple in their design but have a nice look about them.

These two metal buttons look like silver but I am not sure. They have different symbols on them and one looks a bit like part of a Totem Pole. I wonder if they are made by American Indians? They are only small measuring 1 1/2 cm. They are a bit of a mystery to me.