Buttonsplus

This is a fleecy wool lined denim jacket which a friend bought in an opp shop for me. As my name is Lois it was a nice surprise. I didn’t know that there was an Australian brand named Lois. So the brass buttons and the two labels bear this name.

Here is a brass buckle with a decorative patterned background and a Pharoah’s head. At this time there was a craze for the Egyptian influence. The turquoise stones are quite large. The buckle is large measuring 9 cm x 4 1/2 cm. It is rather unique in it’s own way.

How about a nice buckle for a change. This silver one shows fuschias in an Art Nouveau style. I think it may have been a Nurse’s buckle from the early 1900s as I have seen similar on Antiques Roadshow. It is actually marked E.P.N.S. , E. G. Stott.

This is a pressed tin button with a red insert which I think is Celluloid. In reality the red is more a cherry red and looks much nicer. I guess this button is perhaps from the 1930s. It is another button new to my collection.

Although this is just a metalized plastic button it is rather nice with a basket of flowers depicted on it. It is gold and quite shiny. It is a sew through type and measures 2 cm.

Although this is just a plastic button ( I believe it may be Bakelite ) it is quite nice quality. It is of an Olive Green and Black mottley colour and has a hexagon line around the edge. It measures a little over 3 1/2 cm so is quite large. I imagine it would be a coat button.

This glass button is much nicer in reality as it is a greenish blue and features 2 birds under an umbrella which do not show up so well in the photo. It has a metal four way box shank and measures just over 2 1/2 cm. It also is new to my collection.

Here are two Goofie buttons which I have just acquired. I already have a Mickey Mouse and two Donald Duck buttons as well which are from the same range. I believe they were made in Australia in the 1940s. The paintwork is a bit worn on the Goofie buttons but that is understandable considering their age and that they are children’s buttons. I wonder how many Disney characters were made in this range. They are two piece tin buttons.

These two buttons are new to my collection and both have interesting designs in a sort of filigree style. There were lots of this type of button made and I think some of them were made in Czechoslovakia. The square one is just a little bit different.

Here is a metal picture button showing a cornucopia full of flowers. It is a brass button with a japanned back and metal loop shank. It measures 3 cm. I imagine it would be fairly old, maybe early 1900s. I wish I knew more about dating buttons. It is new to my collection.