Buttonsplus

As the name suggests, this button is from the 1890’s. It is brass with a pressed design, some cut out work and topped off with an aqua coloured stone.

Well, the year is drawing to a close and it is Christmas day in a few more days time. What a year it has been and we look forward to a brighter and better new year. Let us hope for some new button finds to add to our collections. There is always fun in the hunt. Merry Christmas to everyone and may we have good health and much happiness in the new year.

Here is a Studio button made by Helen Pappas of Victoria. It is made from dozens of small beads in lovely bright colours, the main one being orange. The design is geometric and very effective.

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Both these Celluloid buttons have a varied grey and cream colour. They also both are trimmed with brass, one having a lovely little embossed square in the centre, the other having nine tiny stamped squares making up the design. They have a japanned back and metal loop shank.

Here is a striking Celluloid button in grey, black and metallic colours. It sort of has a leaf design and is quite geometric. I guess it is from the 1930’s. I like it.

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Here are three porcelain buttons featuring Beatrix Potter storybook characters. She wrote delightful children’s books and did all the illustrations as well. The buttons are quaint and in delicate colours just as her illustrations were done.

Here are four small Czechoslovakian glass buttons. They are bright yellow with red, blue and green paint design. They have a self shank and measure just 1 cm.

This wooden button has been painted orange with yellow and blue flowers. The paintwork is a little worn and it is a sew through type.

This wooden button is painted a red/brown colour and has an abstract design of various coloured lines crossing it at different angles. It is a sew through type and measures 3 1/2 cm.

Here is a large Ceramic button featuring a realistic rose in the centre. It is black with a gold metallic glaze making it quite showy. I guess it would have been used on an overcoat.