All things buttons & more …
Here is an imitation fabric black glass button which is probably from the early 1900s. It imitates taffeta and shows a pink daisy with a dirty yellow background and ridges on each side. It has a metal four way box shank and measures a little under 3 cm. I wonder what type of garment it graced.
These two buttons are very nice in a floral design. One is yellow with pansies; the other a dark brown with a cornucopia of white flowers. The pictures I guess are under a clear type of resin and then set in a white metal cup. They are only small at a little under 2 cm. and are much nicer in reality.
These buttons are new and I purchased them at Lincraft a few weeks ago. They are all some kind of plastic and are quite colourful, more so in reality. I don’t have a chance to buy buttons these days so for a small fix I check out the buttons in the Haberdashery Store now and then. It is also an outing for me. The Opp Shops don’t have buttons often here in Shepparton and I don’t buy on line.
These four buttons are enamelled onto blue glass, the back has been painted and they have a metal four way box shank. They are a brilliant blue with a small pink rose in the centre and two circles of gold surrounding the blue. I think they are from the late 1800s. They are in very good order and are new to my collection.
This silver buckle is EPNS, E.G. Stott and I imagine it was made in England but I can’t read all the writing on the back. It is in the Art Nouveau style and features fuchsias. I guess it may have been a Nurse’s buckle as I have seen similar on Antiques Roadshow on TV. It is certainly a fancy buckle.
Here is a plastic ( I think it is possibly Bakelite ) buckle. It is square with rounded corners and is beautifully carved with a leaf pattern. It is quite big measuring 6 1/2 cm. I remember that I bought it in the Antique Shop at the Bendigo Pottery a few years ago. I have just got it out to look at and it is really nice. The carving is very deep and precise.
This enamelled brass buckle is quite large at 9 1/2cm x 5 cm. The colours are complimentary being blue, purple, teal, red and orange. I wonder what coloured garment it was used on. Blue is the main colour but it would need to be the right blue as some blues do not mix. It is in the Art Nouveau style so is probably from the early 1900s.
These two brass buckles are in the Art Deco style with straight geometric lines typical of the era. They both have brightly coloured shapes of glass; one with blue and yellow, the other with blue and green. These buckles would certainly be more eye catching than say a blue plastic buckle and dress up a garment.
This Diamante buckle is in the shape of a diamond. The glass stones are claw set so I think the buckle is quite old. I wish I knew these things. It would certainly sparkle on a burgundy velvet or perhaps a black silk dress. It is nice that the stones are still all intact as that can be a problem.
Here is a brass buckle with a delicate filigree type pattern. One side has been folded over to meet in the centre and it has several coloured glass stones decorating it. I’m sure it would have graced a garment in it’s time.