These two pottery buttons are of lovely rich colours with a high glaze. They were made in Sydney in the 1940s by Marie Gardner. The self shanks are rather chunky.
POTTERY BUTTONS
POTTERY BUTTON
This button is very big and measures 5 cm. It has a real handmade look and I wonder if it was fired in hot ashes. It has a very textured surface, part hessian and part fernlike. I find it interesting and very tactile. It is probably too large to be practical but is a good collector’s piece.
POTTERY BUTTONS
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.