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Here is an original card of Reproduction buttons put out for La Mode. They are metal buttons with a lady’s face in the Art Nouveau style and are reproductions of buttons circa 1900 – 1910. I purchased them along with several other cards in a craft shop in Bendigo in 2010 when they were first put out. They were made in Italy and produced for a very old button manufacturing company Blumenthal Lansing Company from USA. I originally saw them advertised in a Craft magazine and had some trouble tracking them down and was thrilled to eventually find them.

I love this button; it is new to my collection. It is of yellow glass with brown markings and is an oblong shape. It has a brass four way box shank and measures 3 cm x 1 1/2 cm

Here are three plastic (probably casein) buckles in black and white which was very popular in the 1920s-30s. They would be very striking on a black and white patterned cotton dress. There were lots of buttons made in a similar style of which I have quite a few. I like them.

This silver buckle is rather pretty with it’s Art Nouveau design of fuchsias. My guess is that it is a Nurse’s buckle from the early 1900s. I have seen them on Antique shows on TV in that style.

This Cut Steel button is rather large at 3 1/2cm. The cut steels are rivetted into the brass individually. They are made from old horseshoe nails and when they catch the light resemble diamonds as they are facetted. I can imagine them twinkling by candlelight in their day.

I only bought these four glass buttons this year in a craft shop in Kyabram. They were handmade by a lady from Melbourne but I do not know her name. They are lampwork glass work and feature trendy faces two of which are flapper girls. They are very colourful and have a brass loop shank embedded in the back.

These buttons were a gift from my friend Di. They are very good quality and I think come from Italy. They are of white metal with a black front which has a very fine design in gold. There are two rows of tiny “diamentes” bordering the central circle. They have a clear gloss covering giving them an enamelled look.

Here are two modern watch crystal buttons. I bought them in 2021 and I think they were made in Czechoslovakia. One shows a young girl in a green cape with snow on and holding a sprig of holly. The other one is of a clockface and a lady in a large black hat. They are set in brass.