Category: Uncategorized

This Satsuma button is new to my collection. It features a crysanthemum and white daisies and is all outlined in gold. It measures 2 cm so is not very large.

• 

• 

This is a glass button made in England by Bimini. As usual it is backmarked Made in England and has the symbol flowerpot on the brass back plate. It measures a little over 3 cm.

• 

• 

• 

Here are three Mother of Pearl buttons which have all been carved in simple but effective patterns. They are all sew through type each with four holes. They all measure 3 cm.

• 

• 

• 

Here are three Ceramic buttons, two with an earthen coloured background and one with white. They are simple in design and I especially like the square one. It sort of suggests a flower to me. They are all sew through type and would look good on a homespun, handknitted cardigan in natural colours.

• 

• 

These two glass buttons were hand made by Di Bloomfield from Victoria. They are nice and bright with coloured designs on their backgrounds of orange and yellow. They have a glued on plastic shank and measure 2 cm.

I love lacy glass buttons and they are very expensive if in excellent order. This one as usual is moulded glass in a diamond like pattern. It has yellow and red painting on the back and has silver lustre around the edge. It has a metal four way box shank and measures 3 cm.

• 

• 

Here are two Victorian Celluloid buttons. The metal has been tinted purple which was a popular colour back then. The celluloid in both buttons is of a brown shade. They both have a japanned back and metal loop shank and measure 3 1/2 cm.

• 

• 

• 

Here is a button featuring a lady’s head. It is quite bulky and I am not sure of the material used. It is set in a filigree white metal base. It measures 3 1/2 cm X 3 cm and has a brass loop shank.

• 

• 

Many years ago a lady from our village let me look through her button tin and this button was in it. It is a Mother of Pearl button which has been carved with a bird and some flowers and is rather pretty. The back is quite different with an adjustable metal fastener. I was quite excited to receive it.

This is a nice group of smoky purple glass buttons. They are varied in design, a couple being Art Deco. They all have a self shank.