METAL PICTURE BUTTON

This Metal Picture button shows the Actress Fanny Davenport on a patio with an umbrella. It has a painted background and some foliage. The open worked border shows a white metal rim beneath.

WOODEN BUTTONS

Here is a set of four painted wooden buttons each with a different coloured background. They have a skier painted on them in various colours and the paintwork is in excellent order which is great.

CERAMIC BUTTON

This button is quite large at 3 1/2 cm with a mixture of Orange and Metallic glazes. The central indented area has a pleasing mottley finish.

METAL PICTURE BUTTON

Here is a brass picture button depicting an Oriental lady with a sunshade beside a Pagoda. It is in high relief and has a Japanned back. It measures a little over 3 cm.

PLASTIC BUTTON

This is a modern plastic button measuring 3 cm. It has a flower design rising out of an embedded shape and has a self shank. I do not know it’s age but it was an opp shop find from a few years ago.

BLACK GLASS BUTTONS

Here are seven small black glass buttons with a silver lustre. They sort of replicate cut steel buttons and have a self shank. They are new to my collection having been bought in Gippsland while on holidays.

PLASTIC BUTTON

This is a modern button in a dark brown colour. It is a rather nice button with a wide panel through the middle which is moulded in a leaf like pattern. It does not show off to it’s best advantage in the photo but is quite effective.

MODERN BUTTONS

Here are eight rather nice buttons in a mustard coloured plastic with a white metal central disc featuring a flower design. The loop shank is also of white metal. They measure just on 1 1/2 cm. I got them in Yarragon recently.

PLASTIC BUTTONS

Here are three simply designed but rather nice buttons in beige, cream and orange colours with a hexagon design. I do not know their age but guess that they are modern. They are new to my collection.