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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.

Here are three orange glass buttons with painted design. I like orange as it is nice and bright but it was not a popular colour in buttons. As usual the paintwork is rather worn which is often the case. To get a button with very good paintwork is a bonus.

I know this button features a scene from a fable or mythology but I don’t know it. I am not good at history and the likes. It has a decorative border with Cut Steels and measures 4 cm so is quite large.

This is a set of Ceramic buttons on which are drawn various types of fruit. They are very simply drawn and outlined in black. They are quite small measuring just 1 1/2 cm. They have a high glaze.

These three buttons are modern and just have a simple design glazed onto them. They would look good on a natural coloured linen dress or a hand knitted neutral coloured cardigan. I particularly like the square one which looks like it comes from nature.