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I got these five buttons at a local Opp Shop a couple of years ago for $1 the lot. They were in a little plastic bag in a jar and were very dirty so I wasn’t sure what they were. I was thrilled to get them and they cleaned up quite nicely. They are silver showing an Oriental lady playing a stringed instrument which is gold and has an enamelled panel featuring a bird. They were certainly a very good buy and it was my lucky day.

Here is one of my glass paperweight buttons which is basically white and shows a modern style butterfly and flower. It is quite colourful and has a metal loop shank embedded in the back.

Happy New Year to all button lovers. May we enjoy playing with our button collections and hopefully find some new treasures along the way this year.

These fabric covered buttons were given to me by a friend. They were made in Cambodia and the money from them goes to help the local village women so it is a good cause. The fabrics remind me a little of Aboriginal designs and colours.

Here are two completely different head buttons. One is white glass with a brass head in what I think is a Grecian style. It has a metal loop shank. The other is a more modern white metal realistic head button. To me it is sort of wierd in design and you wouldn’t call it beautiful.

Here are three tin buttons in the Art Deco style. The simple geometric designs are typical of the era. I was not born then so cannot relate to them.

Here is an embroidered button which I made in 2019. I copied the design from a picture. It is quite large measuring 5 1/2 cm.

These two buttons are modern and are very bright and colourful and I think come from about the 1970s. They are gilded metal and being square are just a little different. They are much richer in reality.

I only have very few Lea Stein buttons and here are three of them. They have a unique style of their own ; the combination of colours very effective. They were made in France during the 1960s. They are becoming to be quite expensive.

Here are two Cut Steel buttons quite different to each other. One has a spray of flowers on a basket weave type background. The other features three leaves. I always wonder who designed all these buttons.