Buttonsplus

This is rather a nice inlaid horn button but the photo does not do it justice. It shows a bird and flowers in both brass and silver inlay with a squiggly silver border. It has a metal loop shank and measures 2 1/4 cm.

This Metal Picture button is entitled “Woodland Vows” and shows a couple carving their initials in a tree which is in brass It has a decorative border and the button itself is tinted purple which seems to have been a popular colour. It has a metal rim under the border too. It measures 3 1/2 cm.

These Porcelain buttons were handmade by Tracey Sharkey in 2007. I have a few sets of her buttons which were available in the Bendigo Art Gallery shop and also Shepparton Art Museum. This set is garden orientated showing portions of leaves and flowers of which I love the colours of burgundy and various greens. They look fresh and crisp.

I love this little Porcelain button with a portrait of a young lady on it. It is so delicately done and the colours are superb. You cannot really see in the photo the very delicate blue of the dress which is the complimentary colour to the ochre background. It measures just 1 1/2 cm.

Here are two more MOP buttons; one with carving and cut steel decoration. The other one is plain Mother of Pearl set in brass with a decorative trim in the centre. They are both nice in their own way.

Here are two different MOP buttons. One is carved in a star design and trimmed with cut steels. The other one is also carved but set in a decorative brass border. They are quite large.

Here are two groups of Clear Perspex buttons from my collection. They mainly have metal centres with various designs on them. A few have metalized plastic centres. They are in varied sizes, none really small.

This is an old Fabric covered button and the fabric is sort of Tapestry type in a burgandy colour. It has a threadback which was quite common in the early 1900s or late 1800s. I am not sure how old this button is but I like it.

These two buttons are beaded in bright colours on a black velvet background in a geometric type of design. They are modern and I believe made in India. They were in the Haberdashery shops several years ago and I have a few of them. They would take some time to make. I guess they were made for the Western market.

This brightly coloured beaded button was made by Helen Pappas who now lives near Benalla in Victoria. It is just done in a simple geometric design but that is the beauty of it. The colours are much richer in reality. It measures a little over 3 cm.