All things buttons & more …
I like these two buttons and have had the green one for a long time. It was nice to get the red one just recently.
They are concave painted wooden buttons with a white metal flower shaped escutcheon in the middle. I show the back also to reveal the brass shank attached. They measure 3 1/2 cm.
These two white metal buttons have pierced designs and are quite heavy.
They are pewter like in appearance but I am not up with the various metals. Both of them have a key shank.
Here are two old plastic buttons with a circle of speckled bright green surrounding a domed white centre. They have a small metal loop shank and are a little over 2 cm.
I do not know how old they are but would suggest that they are a similar age to the ones I have just posted yesterday. I think that they look smart.
Here are three groups of old plastic buttons being striped, spotted and speckled.
They have a fresh look about them, some with black edges and some with white and all have plastic shanks. I find them rather nice and they would look good on a simple cotton dress.
This brass button has been painted with various colours in a dotted manner.
The paintwork is still in fairly good order which is a plus. It is approximately 2 1/2 cm in diameter.
The colour of these buttons is a soft olive green. They are simple in design with bevelled edges and a sort of chiselled out area. I also show the back with their thread groove and self shank.
This group of five plastic buttons are reasonably modern being all different colours with a white centre.
They are a little under 3cm. and have a plastic shank. It is nice to find sets of buttons of the same design but different colour combinations (as I have said before ). I wonder how many were made of this type. That makes the chase so much fun when you come across a matching button or whatever.
I bought the doyley recently at the opp shop in town as I thought it would make a nice backing for my button photos and I think it is ideal in this situation.
Here we have three different lots of multi coloured buttons made of a plastic of some sort ( maybe casein )
Two are red, white and blue while the domed ones are red, white and black. They are layered as can be seen in the photo. I think that they are very eye catching.
I am still alive and kicking but have been most unwell for a few weeks and not able to do my daily post which I have missed, however I am on the way up again and look forward to my button photography and chatting on the laptop. That is what it is for, recording lovely buttons and sharing them with someone else while also helping me to be in touch with people. Maybe my website might encourage someone else to start collecting buttons and get the same pleasure that I do from the search and in getting some nice ones and also meeting people with similar interests. They are all plusses.
So I have just posted another Beatrix Potter post and will do a different one next time. I just wanted to say that I am on the air again.
Here are two matte finished plastic buttons featuring characters from the story books of Beatrix from the early 1900’s. They are reproductioins both made in 1989.
One is Peter Rabbit running and the other is Hunca Munca with babies. The third button is from 1993 and a different style to the others being in base relief. It measures a little under 2 cm. and pictures Jemima Puddle Duck.