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Here are two more Incomparable button cards from South Africa. The buttons are nicely made and the designs are quite striking. One shows purple flowers and black leaves in an abstract way. The others are just splodges of brown, mustard and white but I find them very effective.

Here are two pairs of Ceramic buttons handmade in South Africa by the village ladies for Incomparable Buttons. They are of the same design but in different colours. At 3 1/2cm they are quite large.

Here is a Ceramic button with a scalloped edge. It has a green base with a copper glaze over the top. It is a sew through type and having three holes makes it a little different. It is quite effective.

Here is a blonde horn button which is quite thin. It has a white metal escutcheon in a scrolly pattern sort of in the Art Nouveau style. It measures 3 cm.

This is rather a chunky button made of mottled light brown plastic. It has a centre of wound fawn cord resembling a rose with a metal surround. It has a metal loop shank and measures 2 3/4 cm.

Here are two complimentary celluloid buttons in a grey shade. One has a square brass disc with a flower in the centre. The other one has nine tiny brass squares with a star design. They measure 2 1/2 cm.

This grey plastic button has a metalized plastic centre in a flower like design. It has a tin shank. Maybe it is from the late 1940s or early 1950s. That is my guess anyway. I have a lot of plastic buttons with metal centres of varying types and they are quite interesting.

Here is a pair of carved bone buttons. They are carved in a flowerlike design and have been tinted in brown which shows up more on the edge and the back. I guess it has been rubbed back on the front. They measure 2 cm. They may have been made in Nepal.

This button is of a lovely bright blue plastic. It is quite domed and has a pressed brass disc in the centre featuring a floral design. I think it may be from the late 1940s and it would be a nice addition to a suitable garment.

This Celluloid button in brown and cream is large at 4 cm. The brown side has a basketweave pattern. It is a single sheet of Celluloid with no backing and has a self shank. I think it would not be very serviceable.