Buttonsplus

Here is a plastic ball shaped button which I think may be Casein. It has been coated in red and then cut away in a star shape revealing the white underneath. It would be quite striking on a white cotton dress or maybe red and white stripes. I guess it is from the late 1930s or 1940s.

Here is a black glass imitation fabric button showing a pink flower. The middle section is smooth but the two sides have ridges on them. It has a self shank and measures a little over 2 1/2cm.

Laminated with a tough resilient resin this fabric is then formed into buttons. The fabric is quite delicate and to me resembles Liberty. They have a metal back and loop shank and measure 22 mm. They were made in Denmark.

This is a modern bone button which I think was made in India. It has been dyed with a brown colour and embellished with an ornamental brass band featuring a floral design. It has a brass loop shank and measures 4 cm X 2 1/2 cm.

Here are three common type Celluloid buttons with geometric designs and various colours. As usual they have a japanned back and are not very large at between 1 1/2 & 2 cm. I do like the colour combinations.

These two celluloid buttons are much brighter in reality and are quite different to a lot of my other celluloid buttons. They are cream, green and orange and have highlights in gold. They have a japanned back and measure a little over 1 1/2 cm.

These white glass buttons are not very big at a little under 1 1/2 cm. They have a sort of geometric design in bright colours and black and have a metal four way box shank so must be reasonably old.

I do like glass buttons and purple is one of my favourite colours. Here is a nice little group of purple moulded glass buttons. One is a sew through while the others have self shanks. All the designs are different and it never fails to amaze me all the different patterns and designs you find on buttons.

This Uranium Glass button is rather nice being white with a black scrolly design on the three sides which have been sloped down forming a triangle space in the middle. Of course when you shine a UV light onto it the white turns green. It has a self shank and measures 3 cm.

These two button cards are replicas and have been mounted with pressed plastic buttons from the 1930s. The art work on them is colourful and relevant for the time and much more interesting than today’s plain cards. I bought them in a button/craft shop in Melbourne quite a few years ago.