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This is a Gay Nineties button from the 1890s though perhaps you would not call it gay as the colour of the stone is rather dull compared to many other examples. The stone itself though is rather nice. It measures 3 1/2 cm.

Here is a very old fabric button with a thread back. The fabric is of a dull no green colour and has a geometric design woven into it. There is no actual shank and you sewed through the threads to attach it.

Here is a set of six elongated oval shaped buttons. They are of a nice purple colour and set in metal. They were in a box of buttons a friend gave me many years ago.

This button is of aqua glass set in a white metal mount. The border is a decorative floral one. It measures 3 1/2 cm and has a metal loop shank.

Here are four Bachelor buttons which I guess were called that because they needed no sewing on. I show the back view where you press the side levers to remove the back and once you have attached the button you just snap the back in place.

Here is a Cinnibar button and buckle both in the common colour of red. They both have been carved in a floral design and are the only example of this type of button I have. It is just interesting to have one example in my collection even though I do not find them lovely.

Here are some original tubes of Astor buttons maybe from the 1930s or 40s. It was good when you could just take the exact number of buttons you needed for the project. Nowadays a lot of buttons are sold in packets of 2, 4 or 6 so you have to buy an extra packet just for that extra one. Changes are not always for the better.

Here is part of the fun I have going through Opp Shop jars of buttons. In 2010 I found a string of buttons tangled up in a jar of buttons. I untangled them and rethread them the same way to restore them. Some child has obviously played with Gran’s tin of buttons and had fun threading them. Many people have a similar story to this and I just wonder to whom these belonged. It is raining today and that would have been a good rainy day’s activity. The buttons are ordinary but oldish.

Here are three Head buttons of different materials and featuring quite different heads. A couple have headwear. It would be interesting to know who they are and if they are of any importance. They are only small buttons.

The saying goes “Blue and Green should never be seen” but I don’t agree. Look at all the lovely blue flowers in the garden. So here is a green moulded glass button with a blue flower and a blue button with a variety of coloured flowers. Flowers are a popular subject matter for button designs no matter the material.