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These three buttons were bought in Japan in 2009 for me by my sister in law which was a nice surprise. They are different in colour and design and have a really modern look about them. I am not sure what they are made of.

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Here are three brass buttons with a similar make up. They have completely different designs but are all hollow at the back. They are all sew through type and measure 2 1/2 cm.

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This Gay Nineties button is quite different being of open brass work with a lovely green oval stone set in the middle. There are two very fine filigree sections on either side.

This is a nice little group of realistic dog buttons given to me by my special friend Suzanne for my birthday in 2003. One is a tiny enamelled metal button and two are black plastic. I really love the red tartan sew through one.

Here are two nice brass buttons with paintwork in two shades of blue. They are ball shaped, the back being plain brass with a brass loop shank.

This button is of brass with a japanned tin back. The purple “jewel” is surrounded by a very decorative border which then has another border in a rope like fashion. It is a very showy button and measures just over 4 cm.

This brass button has chips of Turquoise stone set into it. It has a loop shank and measures 1 1/2 cm. I have only two buttons with turquoise set into them. I don’t know if this button was made in India; it may have been !

Here are three modern plastic buttons in lovely bright colours. They all have stripes around them in complimentary colours. I bought them new in 2007.

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Here are two carved bakelite buttons in a sort of khaki colour. One has a black glass with silver lustre centre in a moulded pattern. The other has a brass filigree centrepiece which is very finely done. They are both just over 4 cm in diameter and have a metal loop shank. I guess they would be overcoat buttons.

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Here is a Beauclaire button card displaying blue pearlized plastic fish eye buttons. On the back it says that the buttons are tested and approved by the Dry Cleaners and Dyer’s Association of N.S.W. Hasn’t displaying and advertising changed so much over the years.