Buttonsplus

This enamelled brass button was given to me as a thankyou gift. It was a nice surprise. It has a blue butterfly on a black background and is surrounded by a tan border with cut steels. It is so different to any others I have in my collection.

I have just a few Cut Steel buttons in my collection. This particular button is quite open and has different sizes of cut steels in it. As you can see from the back they are rivetted in. It measures 3 1/2 cm so is quite large.

I do love Austrian Tinies buttons and admire all the different designs in such a small button. The variety of materials used also is interesting. They have a japanned back and a metal loop shank. They need to be displayed en masse I think so the velvet frame with the gold insert is quite suitable I feel.

These opp shop finds are of white metal and are quite different being an irregular shape. They have an abstract cut out design on one side and are sew through type. I am not sure what type of garment they would be suitable for, maybe something in plain black.

Here are two groups of perfume buttons. They are named so because of the inclusion of fabric (mainly velvet) in their construction. The idea was to put a drop of perfume on the fabric to give the wearer a pleasant smell. They are from the late 1800s to early 1900s. I have these along with others in a lined box and you can smell them once the lid is opened.

These three buttons are all Paris Backs that it they all have Paris written on the back as well as makers initials. A.P. & Cie stands for Albert Parent & Co. and T.W.&W stands for Trelon Weil & Weil. They are like small metal picture buttons and measure just on 1 1/2 cm.

Here are three different plastic buttons all with metal eyelets for sewing them on. They are opp shop finds. I would like to know their age.

This is a group of buttons from a bottle of buttons at the local opp shop. It is typical of what you might find and I was quite pleased with this lot. It was a few years ago and you don’t get buttons there now. That was the fun of sorting through a heap and seeing what you could find.

Here are three different metalized plastic buttons sort of in a floral design. These ones are all gold and I have many of them. They come in silver too. They are very light being plastic although some people can mistake them as being metal buttons.

This is a modern white metal button of which I do not know the age. It is quite domed and has a flower in the centre. The border is decorative with a floral theme as well. So all in all it is a rather nice button.