All things buttons & more …
My friend Di bought these coloured glass buttons recently at the Miyuki Seedbead Co. in Tokyo, Japan. She was led to believe that they were made there.
They resemble the lacy glass buttons I have seen in button books. They are clear glass with different colours painted on them and finally a coat of black paint on the back. They also have some gold lustre on the front. One has a four way box shank, the other a loop. They measure 2 1/2cm.
Here are two nice Ceramic buttons with an abstract design and good colour combinations. They are sew throughs and measure 3 cm.
This Glass Paperweight button is new to my collection and is very colourful with a white background. It has a modernistic butterfly design on it which is very effective.
Here is a black glass button with a Chinese symbol (unless it is Japanese) featured with a silver lustre. I wonder what it means?
I have only seen these buttons in books and these three are a new addition to my collection which I am pleased about. You can see from the abnormalaties that they were hand painted.
In the early 1900’s they were used on fun postcards using the button for the face of the character portrayed.
This Vegetable Ivory button has a silhouette painted in black on it. I cannot tell what the picture is meant to be but I like the button anyway.
This button is brass with a MOP central disc upon which is a brass Egyptian head. It is rather intriguing. It has a brass back and loop shank.
I find this button fascinating. It has a fabric covered outer section with a brass centre showing an Indian’s head. The back is interesting too. Most fabric covered buttons are made with a pad shank.
This Celluloid button is made up of a little group of flowers which are painted in delicate pastel shades. It has a Celluloid shank.
These two buttons are both very pretty but the photos do not do them justice. They both have a posy of flowers, one on a cream back and the other on black. They measure a little under 2cm.